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49. Discretion, however, is not to be exercised where the award reveals a fundamental / structural defect. In my view in the present case, no structural defects or fundamental defects are revealed. Vijay Karia (supra) holds that a foreign award must be read as a whole fairly and without nitpicking. If it does address basic issues and decides claims and counter claims of the parties, it must be enforced. The Award in hand qualifies and passes this CARBP-1130-2019.doc wadhwa test. Poor reasoning while rejecting a claim does not attract the public policy ground unless it offends the most basic notion of justice. In this behalf, Ssangyong (supra) in paragraph 76 makes it clear that a public policy ground based on violation of the most basic notions of justice will be attracted only in very exceptional circumstances when the conscience of the court is shocked. A court cannot interfere with an award on the ground that justice has not been done in the opinion of that court. Thus, it is not for this court while deciding an application for enforcement to consider whether the arbitral tribunal had taken the correct approach and that the court finds approach to be correct. Even if I come to the conclusion that the tribunal had taken an incorrect approach, this court has no power to modify that award or to refuse enforcement on the basis of this Court's opinion on merits.