https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=371619 Section 34(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 allows an award challenge only within three months of receipt, with a further 30-day extension on sufficient cause, and the words "but not thereafter" make that ceiling absolute. Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 does not apply to extend time beyond that limit. Section 14 may exclude bona fide time spent before a court without jurisdiction, but even after that exclusion the filing remained 131 days late, so administrative difficulty could not justify condonation and the Section 34 application was barred by limitation. en-us Wed, 05 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:53:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=371619 Section 34(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 allows an award challenge only within three months of receipt, with a further 30-day extension on sufficient cause, and the words "but not thereafter" make that ceiling absolute. Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 does not apply to extend time beyond that limit. Section 14 may exclude bona fide time spent before a court without jurisdiction, but even after that exclusion the filing remained 131 days late, so administrative difficulty could not justify condonation and the Section 34 application was barred by limitation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 05 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=371619