Finality of Arbitral Award Arbitration Act 1996 Section 16

The Supreme Court has ruled that you cannot challenge an arbitration award on the grounds of "wrong jurisdiction" if you did not raise that objection during the arbitration process itself. In a dispute involving a Madhya Pradesh government contract, a company participated in arbitration under the central law without protest. After losing, it tried to get the award cancelled by claiming a special state law should have been used. The Supreme Court said this was not allowed and that parties must raise such objections at the earliest stage.