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The Arbitration Act, 1940
Section 2 in The Arbitration And Conciliation Act, 1996 [Entire Act]
Microsoft Corporation vs Zoai Founder on 3 July, 2023
22. At the threshold, it appears to this court that the basis of the instant
application are the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court In the
matter of : Vinod Bhaiyalal Jain (supra) and Microsoft Corporation
(supra). Both the said judgments were delivered and the law was laid down in
a Section 34 proceeding. While adjudicating a Section 34 proceeding, the
setting aside court, though not a court of appeal but with its limited authority
and jurisdiction shall cause the enquiry and review the award in detail within
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its permitted jurisdiction and limitation. An arbitral award whether would
vitiate on the ground of fraud or corruption and/or the ground of bias alleged
against the arbitral tribunal, shall be adjudicated at the Section 34 stage.
When an application has been filed under Section 36 (2) praying for an
unconditional stay of an award, the applicant must satisfy the court that
there is a ground of fraud or corruption on the part of the tribunal within the
meaning and scope of sub-Section (3) to Section 36 of the Arbitration Act.
At that stage the setting aside court in exercise of its power under Section 36
(2) and (3) of the Arbitration Act, shall first has to arrive at a prima facie
view that there has been an element of fraud or corruption as defined under
sub-Section (3) to Section 36 of the Act. The scope of adjudication under
Section 34 and Section 36(2) and (3) of the Arbitration Act are totally
different.
Vinod Bhaiyalal Jain vs Wadhwani Parmeshwari Cold Storage ... on 24 July, 2019
22. At the threshold, it appears to this court that the basis of the instant
application are the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court In the
matter of : Vinod Bhaiyalal Jain (supra) and Microsoft Corporation
(supra). Both the said judgments were delivered and the law was laid down in
a Section 34 proceeding. While adjudicating a Section 34 proceeding, the
setting aside court, though not a court of appeal but with its limited authority
and jurisdiction shall cause the enquiry and review the award in detail within
16
its permitted jurisdiction and limitation. An arbitral award whether would
vitiate on the ground of fraud or corruption and/or the ground of bias alleged
against the arbitral tribunal, shall be adjudicated at the Section 34 stage.
When an application has been filed under Section 36 (2) praying for an
unconditional stay of an award, the applicant must satisfy the court that
there is a ground of fraud or corruption on the part of the tribunal within the
meaning and scope of sub-Section (3) to Section 36 of the Arbitration Act.
At that stage the setting aside court in exercise of its power under Section 36
(2) and (3) of the Arbitration Act, shall first has to arrive at a prima facie
view that there has been an element of fraud or corruption as defined under
sub-Section (3) to Section 36 of the Act. The scope of adjudication under
Section 34 and Section 36(2) and (3) of the Arbitration Act are totally
different.
Kothari Industrial Corporation ... vs M/S Southern Petrochemicals ... on 8 April, 2022
Kothari Industrial Corporation Limited (supra) is also a Section 34 case.
Section 36 in The Arbitration And Conciliation Act, 1996 [Entire Act]
Venture Global Engineering vs Satyam Computer Services Ltd. & Anr on 10 January, 2008
jacket and has a very wide connotation in legal parlance and fraud is infinite
in variety, he has placed reliance upon a decision of the Hon'ble Supreme
Court In the matter of : Venture Global Engineering vs. Satyam
Computers Services Limited, reported at (2010) 8 SCC 660.