A.K.Sikri is now judge in Singapore International Commercial Court 21/07/2019 – Posted in: Daily News

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COURT

 

Former Supreme Court judge Justice A K Sikri has been appointed as an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC).

  • The appointment of Justice Sikri from August 1.
  • His appointment is until Jan 4, 2021.

 

Singapore International Commercial Court

  • The SICC was officially launched on 5 January 2015.
  • The SICC is a division of the Singapore High Court and part of the Supreme Court of Singapore designed to deal with transnational commercial disputes.
  • It is a superior court of law built on the foundations of a legal and judicial system that has been highly regarded and favourably ranked in international surveys conducted by, among others, the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development and the Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy.

 

Jurisdiction

Generally, the SICC has the jurisdiction to hear and try an action if:

  1. The claim in the action is of an international and commercial nature;
  2. The parties to the action have submitted to the SICC’s jurisdiction under a written jurisdiction agreement; and
  3. The parties to the action do not seek any relief in the form of or connected with, a prerogative order (including a mandatory order, a prohibiting order, a quashing order or an order for a review of detention).

 

Arjan Kumar Sikri

  • He is an eminent jurist and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
  • He had served as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
  • Justice AK Sikri retired as senior-most puisne judge of Supreme Court of India on 6 March 2019.
  • Sikri was chosen as one of the 50 most influential persons in Intellectual Property in the world in a survey conducted by Managing Intellectual Property Association (MIPA) for 2007.

 

Source: The Hindu

 

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