Arbitration & Conciliation Act 1996 : A Comprehensive course

Explore chapter iii of the arbitration conciliation act 1996, detailing arbitrator composition, appointment rules, nationality, and expedited procedures for international and domestic arbitration.

Learn how to challenge arbitrator appointments, assess independence and impartiality, and understand tribunal jurisdiction and the independence of arbitration clauses under chapter iii part 2.

Explains equal treatment under section 18, and flexible procedural rules under section 19, including tribunal powers and the seat, place, and venue distinctions with Shashua and BALCO insights.

Explore the conduct of arbitral proceedings under the arbitration and conciliation act 1996, including place, commencement, language, statements of claim and defense, oral hearings, amendments, and court evidence assistance.

Chapter six explains how applicable law is selected in arbitration, including party designation, ex aequo et bono, and amiable composite, with fast-track options and time limits.

Explore how section 30 to 33 of the arbitration conciliation act governs settlement, written awards on agreed terms, interim awards, costs, termination, and post-award corrections, interpretations, and additional awards.

Navigate chapters seven to nine of the arbitration and conciliation act 1996, detailing section 34 grounds to set aside awards, including patent illegality and public policy, plus enforcement and appeals.

Chapter x of the act explains deposits, lean on the arbitral award, and remedies for unpaid costs, plus the arbitration agreement surviving death or insolvency, and jurisdiction, confidentiality, and limitation.

Explore arbitration case laws on public policy under the foreign awards act 1961, applying four grounds: fundamental policy of Indian law, interest of India, justice or morality, and patently illegal.

Examine key post-2018 arbitration act 1996 judgments on section 34 jurisdiction, limits on fresh evidence, affidavits, limitation periods, delivery of the signed award copy, and public policy.

Learn how foreign arbitral awards are enforced under the New York Convention, which prevails over the Geneva Convention when both apply, and the key enforcement and appeal requirements.

Examines chapter two of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, detailing Geneva Convention awards, enforcement of foreign awards, and the sequence of sections 53–60.

Explore conciliation as an alternative dispute resolution, where a conciliator drafts a settlement scheme that becomes binding if accepted, and proceedings begin only after written acceptance.

Explore conciliation provisions under the arbitration and conciliation act 1996, including administrative assistance, communication, disclosure, settlement formation, confidentiality, costs, and post-conciliation admissibility rules.

Explore mediation as a voluntary, flexible form of alternative dispute resolution where parties, not mediators, decide outcomes with a neutral mediator, distinguishing it from arbitration and conciliation.

Explore negotiation as a dispute resolution without a third party, where parties voluntarily control the outcome and process, with four approaches—competing, accommodating, withdrawing, compromise—and examples like child custody.

Explore the arbitration council of India, a 2019 amendment–established statutory body to promote ADR, assess arbitration rules, and strengthen India's platform for domestic and international arbitration.