Arbitration is a system of adjudication of a dispute by a Judge appointed by the choice of the parties. In rural India it was the only prevalent and widely accepted mode of dispute settlement for several centuries. It was simple, inexpensive and r

Domestic arbitration, with which we are concerned, are regulated by Part I of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [“Act of 1996”]. Section 2(2) states that Part I applies where the ‘place’ of arbitration is in India1. Therefore, arb

The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 makes provision for Domestic Award as set out in Section 2(7) of the Act of 1996 as well as recognition and enforcement of New York Convention Awards (Chapter I, Part II) and Geneva Convention Award (Chap