Scope of interference with, by Court — Law summarized: The fact situation that the learned sole arbitrator relied on the facts of the case, the conduct of the parties and some other material terms and conditions of the contract and was lucid in his reasoning. Held, the consistent view is taken in several judicial pronouncements is that the court does not sit in appeal over an award passed by an arbitrator and the only grounds on which it can be challenged are those that have been specified in in section 30 and 33 of the 1940 Act, namely when there is an error on the face of the award or when the arbitrator has misconducted himself or the proceedings. The fact situation that the learned sole arbitrator relied on the facts of the case, the conduct of the parties and some other material terms and conditions of the contract and was lucid in his reasoning, the contract, Division Bench of High Court under S. 39 ought not to have sat over said decision as an appellate court seeking to substitute its view for that of the arbitrator. The impugned judgment passed by division bench of High Court cannot be sustained and is quashed and set aside.
[Atlanta Ltd. v. Union of India, (2022) 3 SCC 739]