Disputes & Resolution in India

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• A person aggrieved by an order or direction of the Data Protection Board may appeal to the Appellate Tribunal within sixty days of receiving it.

  Section 29 of the DPDP Act; the Appellate Tribunal is the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). Late appeals may be admitted for sufficient cause.India Code (Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice) · checked 2026-10-18

• The Central Government has specified one crore rupees as the minimum amount of default for starting insolvency proceedings against a corporate debtor under the IBC.

  Notification S.O. 1205(E) dated 24 March 2020 under the proviso to section 4 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016; the statutory cap is Rs 1 crore.Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Ministry of Corporate Affairs notification) · checked 2026-10-18

• The Adjudicating Authority must admit or reject an insolvency application by a financial creditor, operational creditor or the corporate debtor within fourteen days of receipt, after giving seven days' notice to rectify defects before any rejection.

  Sections 7(5), 9(5) and 10(4) of the IBC as amended by the IBC (Amendment) Act 2026; reasons must be recorded if the deadline is missed.Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India · checked 2026-10-18

• India signed the New York Convention on 10 June 1958, ratified it on 13 July 1960 and has applied it since 11 October 1960, with reservations limiting it to awards made in another contracting state and to differences arising from relationships considered commercial under Indian law.

  Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958); India's declarations correspond to footnotes (a) and (c) of the UNCITRAL status table.UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) · checked 2026-10-18

• Part I of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 applies where the place of arbitration is in India, and, unless the parties agree otherwise, its provisions on interim measures by courts (section 9), court assistance in taking evidence (section 27) and related appeals also apply to international commercial arbitrations seated outside India.

  Section 2(2) and proviso. Central law.India International Arbitration Centre (statutory body), Statutes page · checked 2026-10-19

• An arbitration is an international commercial arbitration under Indian law where the dispute is commercial and at least one party is an individual who is a foreign national or habitually resident abroad, a body corporate incorporated outside India, an association managed and controlled outside India, or a foreign government.

  Section 2(1)(f), Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. Central law.India International Arbitration Centre (statutory body), Statutes page · checked 2026-10-19

• In an arbitration seated in India that is not an international commercial arbitration, the award must be made within twelve months of completion of pleadings, which the parties may extend by consent by up to six months; in an international commercial arbitration the tribunal should endeavour to meet the same twelve-month period.

  Section 29A(1) and (3), Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. Central law.India International Arbitration Centre (statutory body), Statutes page · checked 2026-10-19

• An application to set aside an arbitral award made in India must be filed within three months of receiving the award, and the court may allow a further thirty days for sufficient cause but not more.

  Section 34(3), Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; time runs from disposal of any correction or interpretation request under section 33 where one is made. Central law.India International Arbitration Centre (statutory body), Statutes page · checked 2026-10-19

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