https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108305 An arbitral award is vulnerable where it contains irreconcilable findings on the same foundational issue, especially the issue of breach of contract, because such self-contradiction amounts to legal misconduct and a jurisdictional excess. The award here treated the Government as in breach for the contractor's claim, yet also accepted a contrary claim based on contractor default, while ignoring material contractual terms and relevant facts. The Court held that a tribunal cannot sustain mutually inconsistent conclusions on liability, and that awards founded on irrelevant considerations or non-application of mind fall within limited supervisory review. The contrary award could not stand, and the challenge failed. en-us Tue, 09 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:29:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108305 An arbitral award is vulnerable where it contains irreconcilable findings on the same foundational issue, especially the issue of breach of contract, because such self-contradiction amounts to legal misconduct and a jurisdictional excess. The award here treated the Government as in breach for the contractor's claim, yet also accepted a contrary claim based on contractor default, while ignoring material contractual terms and relevant facts. The Court held that a tribunal cannot sustain mutually inconsistent conclusions on liability, and that awards founded on irrelevant considerations or non-application of mind fall within limited supervisory review. The contrary award could not stand, and the challenge failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108305