Executive Summary

Arbitration in India has undergone a profound change with the adoption of the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 that has been adopted to correct several practices that had developed under the principal act, the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. This article explores some of these changes in light of the objective behind the amendment - that of promoting international commercial arbitration in India and developing India as an international arbitration center. The article compares the amendments made by the new act with corresponding provisions under ...