https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419649 An arbitral award must be read as a whole, and a stray reference to further evidence does not make a final award interim or justify reopening concluded claims. Here, paragraph 160 was only part of the discussion on amendment of the counterclaim and did not require appointment of a fresh arbitrator, because the award contained a complete operative disposal and left no further issue open. A correction under Section 33 was also impermissible, as the alleged rent-computation omission was neither properly pleaded nor supported by any correctable computational error, and the award had already accepted the claimed figures. The award was treated as final, with no basis for further arbitral proceedings. en-us Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:32:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419649 An arbitral award must be read as a whole, and a stray reference to further evidence does not make a final award interim or justify reopening concluded claims. Here, paragraph 160 was only part of the discussion on amendment of the counterclaim and did not require appointment of a fresh arbitrator, because the award contained a complete operative disposal and left no further issue open. A correction under Section 33 was also impermissible, as the alleged rent-computation omission was neither properly pleaded nor supported by any correctable computational error, and the award had already accepted the claimed figures. The award was treated as final, with no basis for further arbitral proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=419649