Landmark case · Alternate Dispute Resolution · Semester 5

Fuerst Day Lawson Ltd. v. Jindal Export Ltd.

AIR 2001 SC 2293 · Supreme Court of India

A foreign award is enforceable as a decree on the conditions in the New York Convention / Part II being met; a separate civil suit is unnecessary.

From topic

Finality and enforcement of awards — Unit III, Alternate Dispute Resolution.

Related sections:

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, 35–36 — Finality and enforcement of arbitral awards
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, 48 — Conditions for enforcement of foreign awards
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, 50 — Appealable orders in Part II