Section 55
Foreign awards when binding.
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to domestic arbitration, international commercial arbitration and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards as also to define the law relating to conciliation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Any foreign award which would be enforceable under this
Chapter shall be treated as binding for all purposes on the persons as between whom it was made, and
may accordingly be relied on by any of those persons by way of defence, set off or otherwise in any legal
proceedings in India and any references in this Chapter to enforcing a foreign award shall be construed as
including references to relying on an award.