The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
55. Foreign awards
when binding.
Any foreign award
which would be enforceable under this Chapter shall be treated as binding for
all purposes on the persons as between whom it was made, and may accordingly be
relied on by any of those persons by way of defence, set off or otherwise in
any legal proceedings in India and any references in this Chapter to enforcing
a foreign award shall be construed as including references to relying on an
award.