https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104252 An arbitrator must act within the contract and cannot grant claims the agreement expressly bars. Where a contract fixes a firm composite rate and excludes escalation, additional cost, blasting-related expense, labour increase and similar claims, those items remain outside the reference even under a wide arbitration clause. In a non-speaking award, the Court may examine the contract to see whether the arbitrator stayed within jurisdiction. Because the awarded claims fell within express contractual prohibitions, the award was liable to be set aside for excess of jurisdiction. en-us Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 May 2020 14:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104252 An arbitrator must act within the contract and cannot grant claims the agreement expressly bars. Where a contract fixes a firm composite rate and excludes escalation, additional cost, blasting-related expense, labour increase and similar claims, those items remain outside the reference even under a wide arbitration clause. In a non-speaking award, the Court may examine the contract to see whether the arbitrator stayed within jurisdiction. Because the awarded claims fell within express contractual prohibitions, the award was liable to be set aside for excess of jurisdiction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104252