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Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. v. State of Goa

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Reported as [2023] 8 S.C.R. 379
Bench Dinesh Maheshw Ari and Sanjay Kumar JJ.
Decided 10 May 2023

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Judgment, page 72

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Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: ss. 34, 37 – Arbitral award – Scope of interference – Held: Arbitral awar d is not an ordinary adjudicatory order so as to be lightly inter fered with by the Courts u/ss. 34 or 37 as if dealing with an appea l or revision against a decision of any subordinate Court – An awa rd could be said to be suffering from “patent illegality” only if it i s an illegality apparent on the face of the award and not to be search ed out by way of re-appreciation of evidence – Possibility of interferenc e would arise only if the construction of the arbitrator is such whi

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