India Disputes Week in Review: September 16–21, 2026
From a Supreme Court ruling that reaffirms who really decides arbitration jurisdiction, to two Karnataka High Court judgments that raise the evidentiary bar for construction quantum claims, to the Court's first zero-tolerance verdict on AI-hallucinated case law — the week of September 16–21, 2026 was unusually dense for India's disputes bar. Read together, these developments sketch where courts are drawing lines on judicial intervention, expert evidence, and institutional dispute resolution heading into the final quarter of the year - Six days, six rulings: the Supreme Court reinforces kompetenz-kompetenz, Karnataka tightens the evidence bar on construction quantum claims, and India's top court sets a zero-tolerance line on AI-hallucinated citations — with direct implications for expert witnesses.
