Chapter X ARBITRATION AND APPEALS

(1) (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, any dispute arising between licensees shall be referred to the Commission. (b) The Commission may proceed to act as an arbitrator or nominate an arbitrator or arbitrators to adjudicate and settle such dispute. (c) The practice and procedure to be followed in connection with any adjudication and settlement under this section shall be such as may be specified by the Commission by regulations. (2) Where an award is made by the arbitrator appointed by the Commission, it shall be filed before the Commission and the Commission shall be entitled to pass such order as deemed fit including an order- (a) confirming and enforcing the award; (b) setting aside or modifying the award; or (c) remitting the award to the arbitrator for reconsideration. (3) An award made by the Commission under sub-section (1) or an order passed by the Commission under sub-section (2) shall be deemed to be a decision or order of the Commission (4) An award made by the Commission under sub-section (1) or an order passed by the Commission under sub-section (2) shall be enforceable as if it were a decree of a civil court. (5) The Commission may make such interim orders as the Commission considers appropriate at any time during the pendency of the proceedings under this section.

(1) Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the Commission passed under this Act may file an appeal to the High Court, on question of law arising out of such decision or order. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), no appeal shall be entertained unless it is filed within sixty days from the date of decision or order appealed against. (3) The High Court may admit an appeal after the period of limitation specified in sub-section (2), if the appellant satisfies the High Court that he had sufficient cause for not filing appeal within such period. (4) In computing the period of limitation the provisions of sections 4 and 12 of the Limitation Act, 1963 shall so far as may be, apply. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Bombay Court Fees Act, 1959, an appeal under this section shall bear a court fee stamp of such value as may be prescribed.

Every order passed under this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder by the Commission or by any officer appointed by it, shall subject to appeal under section 50, be final and shall not be called in question in any civil court. Explanation.- For the purposes of sections 51 and 52, the civil court means the courts subordinate to the High Court.

Save as otherwise provided in this Act no Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to deal with or decide any question which the Commission or any officer appointed by it is empowered to deal with or decide by or under this Act.