SECTION 5 Arbitration Act 1996 provides the CARDINAL PRINCIPLE that:

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Accepted Answer

B. NO JUDICIAL AUTHORITY shall INTERVENE in matters governed by Part I, except where so provided in this Part

1. Section 5 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996: 'NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING contained in any other law for the time being in force, in matters governed by this Part, NO JUDICIAL AUTHORITY SHALL INTERVENE except where so provided in this Part.'
2. This is the CARDINAL PRINCIPLE of MINIMAL JUDICIAL INTERFERENCE in arbitration.
3. The provision aligns with the UNCITRAL Model Law principle of party autonomy and minimal court intervention.
4. EXCEPTIONS — specific intervention points provided:
5. (i) Section 8 — referral to arbitration;
6. (ii) Section 9 — interim measures by court;
7. (iii) Section 11 — appointment of arbitrators;
8. (iv) Section 14 — termination of mandate;
9. (v) Section 27 — court assistance in taking evidence;
10. (vi) Section 34 — setting aside;
11. (vii) Section 36 — enforcement;
12. (viii) Section 37 — appealable orders.
13. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (Bare Act) + Mediation Act 2023 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, Section 5_

Answer

court controls all (cf. Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, Section 5) (cf. Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, Section 5)

Answer

court can interfere always (cf. Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, Section 5) (cf. Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, Section 5)

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tribunal works alone (cf. Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, Section 5) (cf. Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, Section 5)