New Delhi, May 26 -- The Delhi High Court has dismissed the writ petitions filed by MDD Medical Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd. and LSR Medical Pvt. Ltd., challenging the revival of arbitration proceedings by the Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC).

The Court held that it is within the jurisdiction of the Arbitral Tribunal (AT) to decide the validity of the revival under Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

The petitioners had objected to letters dated 30.07.2019 and 03.08.2019, through which DIAC revived the arbitration and directed them to file a Reply/Counter Claim to the Statement of Claim submitted by Respondent No. 3.

The background of the dispute traces back to a commercial transaction between the petiti...