Aditya Kishore and Pratyush Nigam are students at the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, India. The authors would...

– Ramit Singh* ABSTRACT Article 18 of the UNCITRAL Model Law provides for procedural equality after the commencement of arbitration proceedings. This has been a literal view of Article 18 and has been used to validate asymmetrical arbitration clauses. This blog suggests a purposive interpretation of Article 18 so that the scope of equality can be applied before the commencement of the arbitration proceedings. If an arbitration clause has an impact on the procedural equality o