https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=772560 An arbitral award refusing reimbursement of excise duty was found unsustainable because it ignored the plain language of Clause 3.4.1.5 of the GCC and the contract's entire agreement clause. The Delhi HC held that where contractual wording is clear and unambiguous, prior negotiations and later correspondence cannot be used to rewrite the bargain, and an award that reads in a condition not found in the contract suffers from patent illegality. In Section 37 review, the appellate court was limited to examining whether the Section 34 court stayed within its permissible bounds, and no error was found in setting aside the award. en-us Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:36:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=772560 An arbitral award refusing reimbursement of excise duty was found unsustainable because it ignored the plain language of Clause 3.4.1.5 of the GCC and the contract's entire agreement clause. The Delhi HC held that where contractual wording is clear and unambiguous, prior negotiations and later correspondence cannot be used to rewrite the bargain, and an award that reads in a condition not found in the contract suffers from patent illegality. In Section 37 review, the appellate court was limited to examining whether the Section 34 court stayed within its permissible bounds, and no error was found in setting aside the award. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=772560