In Brief
India Power Corporation Limited and Eastern Coalfields Limited were parties to a power plant lease dispute referred to arbitration. After the arbitrator dismissed the respondent's application to amend its counter-claim regarding the plant's running condition, respondent sought a fresh arbitrator to adjudicate the MECON report supporting that amendment. The Supreme Court held that paragraph 160 of the award, read in context with paragraphs 157–161, merely recorded submissions on the rejected amendment. Since the amendment itself was deemed irrelevant to the dispute, no further evidence or adjudication of supporting reports was necessary. The award was final, not interim. The application was dismissed as based on misreading the award in isolation from its context and reasoning.
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