This 2025 edition of The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Act 26 of 1996) is India’s principal statute on domestic arbitration, international commercial arbitration, and conciliation. It is fully consolidated with every amendment to date—most notably the Mediation Act, 2023 (Act 32 of 2023, dt. 14-9-2023)—ensuring complete alignment with the current ADR landscape.
Supplemented texts included in this volume
• Arbitration Council of India Rules, 2021
• Arbitration Council of India (Qualifications, Appointment and other Terms and Conditions of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2022
• Indian Council of Arbitration Bye-laws
• New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019 with 2022 & 2023 rules and schemes
• UNCITRAL Model Law (full text) for comparative reference
• Foreign Awards (Recognition & Enforcement) Act, 1961 and allied notifications
• The Mediation Act, 2023 – selected cross-references for hybrid ADR procedures
Short, practice-oriented comments follow key sections—highlighting 2015, 2019, and 2021 amendment pivots on interim measures, emergency arbitration, limitation, and enforcement.
What the Act covers
• Party autonomy & arbitration agreements – form, validity, competence–competence doctrine
• Constitution of arbitral tribunals, challenge to arbitrators, and expedited appointment by courts or designated institutions
• Interim measures by courts and tribunals; emergency-arbitrator enforceability (post-2019)
• Procedural framework – pleadings, evidence, hearings, and tribunal powers under institutional or ad-hoc regimes
• Domestic awards, ICA awards & foreign awards – making, correction, challenge, recognition, and enforcement
• Conciliation chapters – initiation, settlement agreements, and enforcement parity with arbitral awards
This edition is particularly suitable for
• AIBE aspirants and law students specialising in arbitration and ADR papers
• Practising advocates, in-house counsel, and arbitral-institution officers drafting clauses, conducting references, or enforcing awards
• Judicial-service & civil-service candidates needing a precise statutory text with quick-reference comments
• Academicians, researchers & policy analysts studying India’s evolving ADR ecosystem and global arbitral standards
Presented without scholarly commentary yet enriched with concise, section-wise explanatory notes, this Bare Act balances exam compliance with practical usability—making it indispensable for study, courtroom citation, and arbitral practice.