In Brief
A man claimed to be the legal heir of his deceased uncle who had signed a property sale deed. An arbitrator had awarded the property to a buyer, naming a different person as the heir. The man challenged the award through a constitutional petition rather than using the statutory mechanism in the Arbitration Act. The Supreme Court held that legal heirs must use Section 34 of the Arbitration Act to challenge awards affecting them, not constitutional petitions. Since the Act binds heirs to arbitration agreements upon a party's death, heirs must have the statutory right to challenge awards. The court dismissed the plea but permitted a fresh challenge under the Act.
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