ISSUE:
What is the legal status of an EA, i.e. whether the EA is an arbitrator in terms of the Act and whether the interim order of an EA is an order under Section 17(1) and is enforceable under Section 17(2) of the Act?
Whether the EA misapplied the Group of Companies doctrine, which arguably applies only to proceedings under Section 8 of the Act?
Whether the interim order of EA is null and void as it was passed without jurisdiction
RULE:
Emergency arbitral awards are enforceable under Section 17(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 of India (the Act) as an interim order of an arbitral tribunal made under Section 17(1) of the Act.