The legal dispute involved the enforcement of arbitration awards favoring Kochi Cricket Pvt. Ltd. against the BCCI, centering on the retrospective applicability of the 2015 Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, ... specifically the revised Section 36 that eliminates the automatic stay of awards when contested under Section 34 of the 1996 Act, raising the pivotal issue of its application to pre-amendment arbitration cases.