( 1 ) THE original claimant the Petitioner, has invoked section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short, the Arbitration Act)and thereby, challenged the award partially, mainly on the ground of interest and claiming interest @ 18% p. a. from the date of payment i. e. from 18-4-2006 till 12-1-2009, and also service tax and levies liabilities.

( 2 ) I have already taken a view in Arbitration Petition No. 31 of 2009, M/s anupam Engineers vs. Indian Oil Corporation, dated 10-12-2009 by referring to the following Supreme Court Judgments of section 34 of the Arbitration Act, that the award can be modified or the award can be challenged partly. 1. Tata Hydro-Electric Power Supply Co. Ltd. vs. Union of India, 2003 (4) S. C. C. 172 2. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. vs. Friends Coal carbonisation, 2006 (5) Mh. L. J. (SC) 1 = (2006) 4 S. C. C. 445. 3. Mcdermott International Inc. vs. Burn Standard Co. Ltd. and Ors. (2006)11 S. C. C. 181 4. Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd. vs. Harischandra reddy and Anr. (2007) AIR SCW 527. 5. Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. vs. Daquelim Industrial Co. Ltd. , (2007) 8 S. C. C. 466 6. Delhi Development authority vs. R. S. Sharma and Co. New Delhi, (2008) 13 S.

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