Advocates Appeared:
For Petitioner(s): Ms. Rashmeet Kaur, Adv. Mr. Navin Kumar, Adv. Ms. Arpana Majumdar, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar, AOR
For Respondent(s): Mr. S. Nandakumar, Adv. Ms. Deepika Nandakumar, Adv. Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR

No, the judgment does not address or say anything about the applicability of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to arbitrations under the Kerala Cooperative Societies Act or any similar statutory schemes.

The judgment is confined entirely to an international commercial arbitration under the 1996 Act between a Korean company and NHAI, analyzing Sections 18, 24(3), 26, and 34(2)(a)(iii) exclusively in that context. (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!)

There is no mention whatsoever of: - Kerala Cooperative Societies Act - Any cooperative society laws - Statutory arbitrations generally - Exclusion/override of the 1996 Act by special statutes - Quasi-judicial proceedings under other laws

The judgment contains no discussion or judgment on whether the 1996 Act applies to statutory dispute resolution mechanisms like those under cooperative society acts. It makes no reference to self-contained codes, Registrar-appointed arbitrators, or remedies under Article 226/227. (!) (!) (!) (!)

No references in the document support the position that statutory arbitrations under special laws exclude the 1996 Act. The analysis applies only to arbitrations governed by the 1996 Act itself.