Appeal Under Arbitration Act: Appealable Order u/s. 37
I. INTRODUCTION Arbitration decision has limited grounds on which a party may challenge or appeal enumerated orders u/s. 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter 'Arbitration Act') passed by the court/tribunal and from no other orders. The reason why an appeal is not allowed from any other orders enumerated u/s. 37 of the Arbitration Act is to provide finality, to the parties concerned. A right to appeal is not a natural right or inherent right, it is merely a statutory right. The legislature was conscious enough while stating "an appeal shall lie from the following orders and from no others", to restrict the appeal only to sec. 37 Arbitration Act. The embargo on appeals in Section 37 is an absolute and categorical one. The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 which is a special act dealing with the arbitrations, especially limits the extent of judicial intervention inasmuch as it provides that no judicial authority shall intervene except whe...