https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286216 An order setting aside an ex parte arbitration award for denial of a fair hearing does not amount to a decision on the merits, so it does not attract res judicata against a later award on the same dispute. The limitation defence also failed because expiry of limitation for a suit does not extinguish the underlying right, and under the applicable arbitration framework a claim is not necessarily barred from being entertained merely because it would have been time-barred in court. On that reasoning, the challenge to enforcement of the second award was rejected. en-us Wed, 10 Jan 1962 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 17 Feb 2020 16:47:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286216 An order setting aside an ex parte arbitration award for denial of a fair hearing does not amount to a decision on the merits, so it does not attract res judicata against a later award on the same dispute. The limitation defence also failed because expiry of limitation for a suit does not extinguish the underlying right, and under the applicable arbitration framework a claim is not necessarily barred from being entertained merely because it would have been time-barred in court. On that reasoning, the challenge to enforcement of the second award was rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 10 Jan 1962 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286216