https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200197 Section 3 of the Interest Act, 1978 permits an arbitrator to award pre-reference interest because the inclusive definition of "court" brings arbitration within its scope, and the objection on that point failed. A nonspeaking award was also upheld against the contention that past interest had been allowed twice over, as the principal sum was not shown to include interest already. For pendente lite interest, arbitration proceedings were treated as commenced when the claimant filed the claim and the arbitrator indicated willingness to act; on the facts, that date was 20 April 1982. Interest granted beyond that date was without jurisdiction and had to be excluded. en-us Wed, 04 Oct 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:09:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200197 Section 3 of the Interest Act, 1978 permits an arbitrator to award pre-reference interest because the inclusive definition of "court" brings arbitration within its scope, and the objection on that point failed. A nonspeaking award was also upheld against the contention that past interest had been allowed twice over, as the principal sum was not shown to include interest already. For pendente lite interest, arbitration proceedings were treated as commenced when the claimant filed the claim and the arbitrator indicated willingness to act; on the facts, that date was 20 April 1982. Interest granted beyond that date was without jurisdiction and had to be excluded. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 04 Oct 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200197