https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306796 In a challenge to an arbitral award, amendment of pleadings was held permissible where it was sought in aid of a pending Section 34 proceeding and justice required a liberal, substance-over-form approach; the refusal to allow amendment was therefore not justified. Post-award facts were also treated as relevant where they disclosed suppression of material information and had a causal nexus with alleged fraud affecting the making of the award, so they could be brought on record in support of the setting-aside challenge. The High Court's order was set aside and the order permitting additional pleadings restored. en-us Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 20 Jul 2024 10:04:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306796 In a challenge to an arbitral award, amendment of pleadings was held permissible where it was sought in aid of a pending Section 34 proceeding and justice required a liberal, substance-over-form approach; the refusal to allow amendment was therefore not justified. Post-award facts were also treated as relevant where they disclosed suppression of material information and had a causal nexus with alleged fraud affecting the making of the award, so they could be brought on record in support of the setting-aside challenge. The High Court's order was set aside and the order permitting additional pleadings restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306796