Question

An application under section $8$, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, $1996$, contemplates __________.

• A. a matter pending before the Court
• B. a matter pending before a quasi-judicial authority
• C. a matter pending before an administrative authority
• D. either (a) or (b) or (c)

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

a matter pending before the Court

Section 8 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, $1996$ provides that in spite of application under section $8\left(1\right)$ that the issue is pending before the judicial authority, an arbitration may be commenced or continued and an arbitral award made. Here the term used is judicial authority which in Indian legal system is the court.