Amendments to the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 - A Consultation Paper (Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India, 8 April 2010)
Article from: TDM 5 (2011), in Resolving International Business Disputes by ADR in Asia
Introduction
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 enacted in 1996 is an Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to domestic arbitration, international commercial arbitration and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. The Act is based on the Model Law adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in 1985. The objects and basis of the said Act is to speedy disposal with least court intervention. Some of the objects, as mentioned in the Statement of Objects and Reasons for the Arbitration and Conciliation Bill, 1995 are as follows: (a) to ...