The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
41. Provisions in
case of insolvency.
1.
Where
it is provided by a term in a contract to which an insolvent is a party that
any dispute arising there out or in connection therewith shall be submitted to
arbitration, the said term shall, if the receiver adopts the contract, be
enforceable by or against him so far as it relates to any such dispute.
2.
Where
a person who has been adjudged an insolvent bad, before the commencement of the
insolvency proceedings, become a party to an arbitration agreement, and any
matter to which the agreement applies is required to be determined in
connection with, or for the purposes of, the insolvency proceedings, then, if
the case is one to which sub-section (1) does not apply, any other party or the
receiver may apply to the judicial authority having jurisdiction in the
insolvency proceedings for an order directing that the matter in question shall
be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the arbitration agreement, and
the judicial authority may, if it is of opinion that, having regard to all the
circumstances of the case, the matter ought to be determined by arbitration,
make an order accordingly.
3.
In
this section the expression "receiver" includes an Official Assignee.