Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Arbitration, Tribunal Adjudication and Alternate Dispute resolution

Question:

Assertion (A): The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is the first statute on arbitration in independent India.
Reasoning (R): The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is modelled on the UNCITRAL model law.

Options:

Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both A and R are correct and R is not the correct explanation of A.

A is correct but R is false.

A is false but R is correct.

Correct Answer:

A is false but R is correct.

Explanation:

The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 repealed several pre-existing Arbitration statutes such as The Arbitration Act, 1940; The Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act, 1937 and The Foreign Awards (Recognition and Enforcement) Act, 1961. Thus, arbitration has for long been a part of the Indian legal system.