(i) Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited (supra), the
Hon'ble Supreme Court held that Section 34 of the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act is not appellate in nature; an award may be set aside
only on the limited grounds in Section 34(2)/ (2A). Courts cannot
interfere merely because the award is illegal or erroneous in law if that
requires reappraisal of evidence, and where two views are possible, the
arbitrator's view must ordinarily prevail. Paragraph 23 and 24 are as
under: -
(i) Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited (supra), the
Hon'ble Supreme Court held that Section 34 of the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act is not appellate in nature; an award may be set aside
only on the limited grounds in Section 34(2)/ (2A). Courts cannot
interfere merely because the award is illegal or erroneous in law if that
requires reappraisal of evidence, and where two views are possible, the
arbitrator's view must ordinarily prevail. Paragraph 23 and 24 are as
under: -
(i) Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited (supra), the
Hon'ble Supreme Court held that Section 34 of the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act is not appellate in nature; an award may be set aside
only on the limited grounds in Section 34(2)/ (2A). Courts cannot
interfere merely because the award is illegal or erroneous in law if that
requires reappraisal of evidence, and where two views are possible, the
arbitrator's view must ordinarily prevail. Paragraph 23 and 24 are as
under: -
(i) Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited (supra), the
Hon'ble Supreme Court held that Section 34 of the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act is not appellate in nature; an award may be set aside
only on the limited grounds in Section 34(2)/ (2A). Courts cannot
interfere merely because the award is illegal or erroneous in law if that
requires reappraisal of evidence, and where two views are possible, the
arbitrator's view must ordinarily prevail. Paragraph 23 and 24 are as
under: -
(i) Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited (supra), the
Hon'ble Supreme Court held that Section 34 of the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act is not appellate in nature; an award may be set aside
only on the limited grounds in Section 34(2)/ (2A). Courts cannot
interfere merely because the award is illegal or erroneous in law if that
requires reappraisal of evidence, and where two views are possible, the
arbitrator's view must ordinarily prevail. Paragraph 23 and 24 are as
under: -
32. The principles with regard to the limited scope of interference by a
Court under Section 34 of the 1996 Act against the Arbitral Award
have been reiterated time and again by the Hon‟ble Supreme Court,
reliance is placed on Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited
v. Software Technology Parks of India, 2025 INSC 574 and more
particularly paragraph No. 23, which reads as under:-
38. At the outset, it is important to take note of the extremely
circumscribed scope of the jurisdiction under Section 34 of the A&C Act.
The said aspect has been emphasised and reiterated by the Supreme Court in
a catena of judgments including Consolidated Constructions Consortium
Ltd vs. Software Technology Parks of India (2025) 7 SCC 757, wherein it
has been observed as under: -
33. The Court under Section 34 of the 1996 Act has very limited and
narrow scope of interference against an Arbitral Award and the same
has been reiterated time and again by the Hon‟ble Supreme Court,
reliance is placed on Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited
v. Software Technology Parks of India, 2025 INSC 574 and more
particularly paragraph No. 23, which reads as under:-