What are the grounds and procedures for setting aside an arbitral award in India?
Section 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act lists six grounds. Three of them are used; three are misused. A walk through both, with citations.
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№ 07 · Writing
Notes on procedure and statute, written for the curious lay reader.
Edited for the impatient one. New essays, roughly monthly, plus a longer quarterly piece on whichever section of the codes is most often misread that quarter.
Maintenance laws in India: what changed under the BNSS
Section 144 BNSS replaces Section 125 CrPC almost word-for-word. Almost. Where the differences lie, and why they matter for ongoing matters.
Read →Moonlighting: what your contract says, and what the Industrial Employment Act requires
Most employer policies are unenforceable in their current form. A short audit you can run on your own contract today.
Read →Apartment associations under the KAOA: a primer for office-bearers
The Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act has been routinely misread. The most common mistake costs associations their AGM resolutions.
Read →Section 482 CrPC and the new Section 528 BNSS: what changed for FIR quashing
The High Court’s inherent power survives the BNSS rewrite — with one structural change worth knowing.
Read →Cheque bounce: a working note on Section 138 NI Act notices
Half of all cheque-bounce notices we see are defective on the face of them. The four most common defects.
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