"I realise that some of my criticisms may be mistaken; but to refuse to criticize judgements for fear of being mistaken is to abandon criticism altogether... If any of my criticisms are found to be correct, the cause is served; and if any are found to be incorrect the very process of finding out my mistakes must lead to the discovery of the right reasons, or better reasons than I have been able to give, and the cause is served just as well."

-Mr. HM Seervai, Preface to the 1st ed., Constitutional Law of India.

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2018 in the Winter Session of Lok Sabha

The Winter Session of the Parliament is beginning from today (11.12.2018). The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2018 is listed in the List of Business in the Lok Sabha for today. The broad aims of the Bill are to:
establishment and incorporation of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre for the purpose of creating an independent and autonomous regime for institutionalised arbitration and for acquisition and transfer of undertakings of the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution and to vest such undertakings in the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre for the better management of arbitration so as to make it a hub for institutional arbitration and to declare the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre to be an institution of national importance and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration. 

  • establish and incorporate the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC);
  • create NDIAC as an independent and autonomous institution for institutionalised arbitration;
  • acquisition and transfer of undertakings of the ICADR- International Centre for ADR and to vest such undertakings in the NDIAC for better management of arbitration so as to make it a hub of institutional arbitration; and
  • to declare NDIAC as an institution of national importance.
We had discussed the Bill in a previous post in the form of a presentation. Do have a look at it. With the election results being announced in a few states today and the current political climate, this blogger is not sure if the Parliament is going to discuss Bills today. Most likely the legislative bills would be taken after Wednesday. We'll keep the readers posted on further developments. 

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