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(f) that the letter dated 19th May, 2003 is a clear pointer to the fact that the disputes between the sisters was in respect of the entirely family estate and assets.

(g) that the document dated 30th August, 2001 was a lawyer drafted document and the Memorandum of Agreement dated 21st June, 2003 was drafted by the two sisters themselves. The effect of both those documents has to be understood in this light.

(h) that even if it is assumed that in the Memorandum of Agreement, the parties initially intended to confine the scope of arbitration to the estate of the deceased parents and sister, they themselves expanded the scope of arbitration to include all the family's assets as is evident from the fact that when the two lots were get prepared by Ameeta pursuant to the direction of the Arbitrator in his letter dated 28th July, 2003, she included in those lots not only the assets owned by the deceased parents and the sister but also all the assets owned by her and Devika as well as the assets owned by various family companies, e.g., lands, horses etc.