law: The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
  40. Arbitration
  
  agreement not to be discharged by death of party thereto.
  1.  
  
    An
  
  arbitration agreement shall not be discharged by the death of any party thereto
  
  either as respects the deceased or, as respects any other party, but shall in
  
  such event be enforceable by or against the legal representative of the
  
  deceased.
  2.  
  
    The
  
  mandate of an arbitrator shall not be terminated by the death of' any party by
  
  whom he was appointed.
  3.  
  
    Nothing
  
  in this section shall affect the operation or any law by virtue of which any
  
  right of action is extinguished by the death of a person.