Section 10(1) of the Act provides that the parties are free to determi…

Question

Section 10(1) of the Act provides that the parties are free to determine the **number of arbitrators**, provided that:

Accepted Answer

A. {'text': 'Such number shall not be an even number', 'label': 'A'}

1. Section 10(1) of the Act, reproduced in Lesson 13, gives the parties full freedom on the number of arbitrators **provided that such number shall not be an even number**.
2. The odd-number rule prevents tie-deadlocks in voting.
3. Section 10(2): failing determination under Section 10(1), the **arbitral tribunal shall consist of a sole arbitrator**.
4. The other options invent caps the section does not impose.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 — Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws, Lesson 13 (Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996), pp. 297-303._

Answer

{'text': 'Such number shall not exceed seven in any case under any provision of any law in force in any State of India regardless of any other consideration of any kind under any law in force in any State of India', 'label': 'B'}

Answer

{'text': 'Such number shall be either three or five under any provision of any law in force in any State of India regardless of any other consideration of any kind under any law in force in any State of India', 'label': 'C'}

Answer

{'text': 'Such number shall always be one under any provision of any law in force in any State of India regardless of any other consideration of any kind under any law in force in any State of India', 'label': 'D'}