Supreme Court overturns Civil Judge's decision for altering arbitral award without proper legal grounds u/s 34.

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....Modification of the arbitral award - A perusal of the judgment and order of the learned Civil Judge, in the considered view of this Court, does not reflect fidelity to the text of the statute. Nowhere does it stand explained, as to, under which ground(s) mentioned under Section 34 of the A&C Act, did the Court find sufficient reason to intervene. In fact, quite opposite thereto, the Court undertook a re-appreciation of the matter, and upon its own view of the evidence, modified the order. - the impugned judgement(s) are required to be set aside - SC....