The centre has set up an expert panel led by former law secretary T K Viswanathan to recommend reforms in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
Earlier in January 2017, constituted a High-Level Committee formed under the chairmanship of retired Supreme Court justice BN Sri Krishna.
The Act provides the procedure to be followed in arbitration proceedings, arbitral tribunal, the conduct of the tribunal along with the arbitral awards to be made in a dispute.
The decision is binding on the parties and given in the form of an arbitral award in an arbitration agreement.
It also prescribes the procedure of appeal to courts in case of discrepancies.