To bring an award in consonance with Section 31(3) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996, it should contain reasons to support the conclusion arrived at unless otherwise agreed between the parties – M/s Guru Teg Bahadur Rice & General Mill Vs. Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd. & another – Punjab & Haryana High Court

Hon’ble High Court held that there is no quarrel on the proposition that scope of interference under Sections 34 and 37 of the Act is limited only to the ground available under Section 34 of the Act. To bring the award in consonance with Section 31(3) of the Act, it should contain reasons to support the conclusion arrived at unless otherwise agreed between the parties. There is nothing on record to show that parties agreed that no reasons are to be given in award. Non-recording of reasons to substantiate that the evidence available on record was adverted to, brings the case within the teeth of Section 34 of the Act and shall be a patent illegality.

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