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The Centre for Advanced Research and Training in Arbitration Law [“CARTAL”], National Law University, Jodhpur, is pleased to announce the 9th Gary B. Born Essay Competition on International Arbitration [“Competition”] to encourage research and literature in international arbitration. The Competition has the gracious support and patronage of Prof. Gary B. Born, the chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Prof. Born has participated as counsel in more than 675 international arbitrations, including four of the largest ICC arbitrations and several of the most significant ad hoc arbitrations in recent history. He is widely regarded as the world’s preeminent authority on international arbitration, having been ranked for more than 20 years as one of the world’s leading international arbitration advocates and the leading arbitration practitioner in London.

 

We are pleased to announce that the following are the results: –

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• First Prize: Abhiraj Singh Nayal, Partial Arbitrability in Airport PPP Concessions: A Functional Characterisation Test for Mixed PPP Disputes (Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University)

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• Second Prize: Devvratsinh Chudasama, Completing Article 17B: A Safeguard Matrix for Ex Parte Emergency Relief Under the SIAC Rules 2025 (NALSAR, Hyderabad)

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• Third Prize: Arya Girish Jaiswal, Statutory exclusion and arbitral jurisdiction : PPP land disputes under the LARR Act, 2013 (MNLU, Mumbai)

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We would like to heartily congratulate all the winners, and would also like to thank all the participants for their outstanding submissions.