Payyavula Vengamma vs Payyavula Kesanna And Others on 29 October, 1952
32. It has been held in numerous cases that it is immaterial if the arbitrator or Umpire swears an affidavit that information obtained by him ex parte has not influenced his mind one way or the other or has not resulted in any prejudice. It is sufficient to refer to the Supreme Court case of Vengamma v. Kesanna mentioned in an earlier part of this judgment in support of this proposition. Some of the English cases having a bearing on this point are dealt with in the judgment of the Supreme Court. (See 1952-15 S.C.J 630 at pages 632-633: ).