Most asked Arbitration Act sections in judiciary exams

28 questions in 8 official papers on Law Maker test 16 sections of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Here they are, most asked first, with the papers that asked them. A question that tests two sections counts for both.

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1. 1

   Section 34 Application for setting aside arbitral award

   Asked 7 times: Delhi Higher Judicial Service 2019; Delhi Higher Judicial Service 2024; Delhi Judicial Service 2019; Delhi Judicial Service 2023

   7
2. 2

   Section 8 Power to refer parties to arbitration where there is an arbitration agreement

   Asked 6 times: Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) 2022; Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) 2023; Delhi Higher Judicial Service 2019; Delhi Judicial Service 2019

   6
3. 3

   Section 11 Appointment of arbitrators

   Asked 2 times: Delhi Higher Judicial Service 2024; Delhi Judicial Service 2023

   2
4. 4

   Section 21 Commencement of arbitral proceedings

   Asked 2 times: Delhi Higher Judicial Service 2019; Delhi Higher Judicial Service 2024

   2
5. 5

   Section 5 Extent of judicial intervention

   Asked 1 time: All India Bar Examination (AIBE) 2026

   1
6. 6

   Section 7 Arbitration agreement

   Asked 1 time: Delhi Judicial Service 2022

   1
7. 7

   Section 9 Interim measures, etc., by Court

   Asked 1 time: Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) 2023

   1
8. 8

   Section 14 Failure or impossibility to act

   Asked 1 time: Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) 2022

   1
9. 9

   Section 16 Competence of arbitral tribunal to rule on its jurisdiction

   Asked 1 time: Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) 2022

   1
10. 10

    Section 17 Interim measures ordered by arbitral tribunal

    Asked 1 time: Delhi Judicial Service 2019

    1
11. 11

    Section 20 Place of arbitration

    Asked 1 time: All India Bar Examination (AIBE) 2026

    1
12. 12

    Section 25 Default of a party

    Asked 1 time: All India Bar Examination (AIBE) 2026

    1
13. 13

    Section 33 Correction and interpretation of award; additional award

    Asked 1 time: Delhi Judicial Service 2023

    1
14. 14

    Section 37 Appealable orders

    Asked 1 time: Delhi Judicial Service 2023

    1
15. 15

    Section 42 Jurisdiction

    Asked 1 time: Delhi Judicial Service 2019

    1
16. 16

    Section 48 Conditions for enforcement of foreign awards

    Asked 1 time: Delhi Judicial Service 2019

    1

Counted from the official papers reproduced on Law Maker (see previous year papers). New papers are added as they are published, and the counts update with them.