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Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Its success and failures in the Indian Context with regard to commercial arbitrations.

Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that allows parties to settle their disputes without going to court. Arbitration is governed by the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (the Act) in India, which is based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration 1985. The Act aims to provide a speedy, efficient, and cost-effective mechanism for resolving commercial disputes through arbitration.

The Act has been amended twice, in 2015 and 2019, to address …

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Pre-Institution Mediation under Commercial Courts Act, 2015 - Its Importance and Process

The Commercial Courts Act, 2015 was enacted to provide speedy and efficient resolution of commercial disputes in India. The Act established commercial courts, commercial divisions and commercial appellate divisions in various states and high courts. However, the Act also recognized the importance of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, such as mediation, for settling commercial disputes amicably and expeditiously.

In 2018, the Act was amended to introduce Section 12A, which made pre-ins…

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