https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307139 Valid invocation of arbitration was treated as satisfied where the claimant's notice identified the dispute, warned that arbitration would follow if the claim was not met, and the respondent replied on merits and later participated in ICA-related correspondence. Because the parties had agreed to institutional ICA Rules, the contractual and statutory commencement requirements were held to be met, and the objection based on defective notice failed. On Section 34 review, the Court reiterated that an award based on documentary evidence cannot be reopened by reappreciation of evidence, and that non-participation before the arbitrator does not by itself justify interference. The award was therefore upheld and the petition dismissed with costs. en-us Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:19:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307139 Valid invocation of arbitration was treated as satisfied where the claimant's notice identified the dispute, warned that arbitration would follow if the claim was not met, and the respondent replied on merits and later participated in ICA-related correspondence. Because the parties had agreed to institutional ICA Rules, the contractual and statutory commencement requirements were held to be met, and the objection based on defective notice failed. On Section 34 review, the Court reiterated that an award based on documentary evidence cannot be reopened by reappreciation of evidence, and that non-participation before the arbitrator does not by itself justify interference. The award was therefore upheld and the petition dismissed with costs. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307139