The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
Chapter VII Recourse
against arbitral award
34. Application for
setting aside arbitral award.
1.
Recourse
to a Court against an arbitral award may be made only by an application for
setting aside such award in accordance with sub-section (2) and subsection (3).
2.
An
arbitral award may be set aside by the Court only if-
a. the party making the
application furnishes proof that-
i.
a
party was under some incapacity, or
ii.
the
arbitration agreement is not valid under the law to which the parties have
subjected it or, failing any indication thereon, under the law for the time
being in force; or
iii.
the
party making the application was not given proper notice of the appointment of
an arbitrator or of the arbitral proceedings or was otherwise unable to present
his case; or
iv.
the
arbitral award deals with a dispute not contemplated by or not falling within
the terms of the submission to arbitration, or it contains decisions on matters
beyond the scope of the submission to arbitration: Provided that, if the
decisions on matters submitted to arbitration can be separated from those not
so submitted, only that part of the arbitral award which contains decisions on
matters not submitted to arbitration may be set aside; or
v.
the
composition of the arbitral tribunal or the arbitral procedure was not in
accordance with the agreement of the parties, unless such agreement was in
conflict with a provision of this Part from which the parties cannot derogate,
or, failing such agreement, was not in accordance with this Part; or
a.
b. the Court finds that-
i.
the
subject-matter of the dispute is not capable of settlement by arbitration under
the law for the time being in force, or
ii.
the
arbitral award is in conflict with the public policy of India.
Explanation.-Without prejudice to the generality of sub-clause (ii), it is
hereby declared, for the avoidance of any doubt, that an award is in conflict
with the public policy of India if the making of the award was induced or
affected by fraud or corruption or was in violation of section 75 or section
81.
1.
2.
3.
An
application for setting aside may not be made after three months have elapsed
from the date on which die party making that application had received the
arbitral award or, if a request had been made under section 33, from the date
on which that request had bow disposed of by the arbitral tribunal: Provided
that if the Court is satisfied that the applicant was prevented by sufficient
cause from making the application within the said period of three months it may
entertain the application within a further period of thirty days, but not
thereafter.
4.
On
receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Court may, where it is 16
appropriate and it is so requested by a party, adjourn the proceedings for a
period of time determined by it in order to give the arbitral tribunal an
opportunity to resume the arbitral proceedings or to take such other action as
in the opinion of arbitral tribunal will eliminate the grounds for setting
aside the arbitral award.