Law of Arbitration and Conciliation in India

As Amended by Act No. 33 of 2019 Partially enforced w.r.e.f. 30-08-2018
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Description
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all the readers for their overwhelming response to the first edition of my book on 'Law of Arbitration and Conciliation in India' which was published in the year 2016. Delays and arrears in the justice delivery system in India are age-old problems causing frustration to the litigants in their long wait for justice. Several Committees have been appointed by the Government to examine the causes of these delays and arrears and give their recommendations to mitigate the problem. As part of the measures taken to reduce delays, the Government introduced major reforms by way of amendments to the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 in the year 1999 and 2002 by specifying time frames for procedural steps in civil proceedings. Despite the measures taken by the Government, the pendency of cases in courts remains alarmingly high. It is estimated that there are more than 3 crore cases pending in the Supreme Court, the High Courts, and the lower courts as on date. While the Judges have been making their sincere efforts to clear the backlog of cases, fresh cases filed in courts are outpacing the number of disposals thereby increasing the burden on courts. Thus, there appears to be no early solution in sight to the problem of delays in courts.

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Contents
I.    Introduction
II.    Background of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 (3 of 2016)
Preliminary
1.     Short title, extent and commencement (Sec. 1)
Part I — Arbitration 
Chapter I        :    General Provisions
Chapter II       :    Arbitration Agreement
Chapter III      :    Composition of Arbitral Tribunal
Chapter IV      :    Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals
Chapter V       :    Conduct of Arbitral Proceding
Chapter VI      :    Making of Arbitral Award and Termination of Proceedings
Chapter VII     :    Recourse against Arbitral Award
Chapter VIII    :    Finality and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
Chapter IX      :    Appeals
Chapter X       :    Miscellaneous
Part II — Enforcement of Certain Foreign Awards
Chapter I        :    New York Convention Awards
Chapter II       :    Geneva Convention Awards
Part III — Conciliation
Section 1 to 22
Part IV — Supplementary Provisions
Section 1 to 6
Appendix
Bare Act
•    The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [Act No. 26 of 1996] [As amended by Act
      No. 3 of 2016, w.r.e.f 23-10-2015]
Statement of Objects and Reasons
Amendment Act, 2016 (No. 3 of 2016)
Preamble
Preliminary
1.    Short title, extent and commencement
Part I — Arbitration
Chapter I       :    General Provisions
Chapter II      :    Arbitration Agreement
Chapter III     :    Composition Arbitral Tribunal
Chapter IV     :    Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals
Chapter V      :    Conduct of Arbitral Proceedings
Chapter VI     :    Making of Arbitral Award and Termination of Proceedings
Chapter VII    :    Recourse Against Arbitral Award
Chapter VIII   :    Finality and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
Chapter IX     :    Appeals
Chapter X      :    Miscellaneous
Part II — enforcement of Certain Foreign Awards
Chapter I       :    New York Convention Awards
Chapter II      :    Geneva Convention Awards
Part III — Conciliation
Part IV — Supplementary Provisions
Schedules
I to VII
Subject Index
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Author Details
K.V.Satyanarayana, Former Secretary, International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Hyderabad