16th July 2019
The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2019 has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 15th July 2019 by Union Minister of Law and Justice Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad.
A link to the bill is as hereunder:
A previous version of the bill had been introduced in August 2018 in the Lok Sabha. It had passed the Lok Sabha but had not been passed in the Rajya Sabha in time and had hence lapsed. There are several new features being brought out in the bill and the Arbitration Workshop will deal with those features and how it affects Arbitrations in India once the Bill is passed and becomes an Act.