*Published in association with Bharucha & Partners* In Arif Azim Company Limited v Micromax Informatics FZE, the Supreme Court first upheld the parties’ rights to choose arbitral seats. It then applied the Shashoua principle to recognise a designated venue as the seat of arbitration, if a supranational set of rules accompanied it and there was no contrary indication. Read more: https://iblj.law.asia/ce1a9c