Under Section 36(2), what happens to enforcement when a

Solution

Explanation: Before the 2015 Amendment, filing a Section 34 application automatically stopped enforcement, causing delay. Post-2015, Section 36(2) changed this: filing a Section 34 application does not automatically stay enforcement. A party seeking to halt enforcement must obtain an explicit court order granting stay. This amendment drastically reduced delays and strengthened arbitration's finality, incentivizing parties to pursue arbitration. However, courts retain discretion to grant stay in exceptional cases (e.g., on grounds of fraud or public policy concerns) upon satisfaction of the established test: balance of convenience, prima facie case, and irreparable injury.