JUDGMENT

Moushumi Bhattacharya, J. - This application has been filed by the petitioner for amendment of the grounds contained in an application under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the Act). The arbitration petition is for setting aside of an Arbitral Award dated 31st March, 2017 passed by a Tribunal consisting of three Arbitrators and was filed within the statutory period prescribed under Section 34(3) of the Act. The petitioner seeks to amend certain grounds contained in the arbitration petition by way of what the petitioner claims to be "amplification" of the grounds already existing in the arbitration petition.

2. Mr. Abhrajit Mitra, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner, seeks to explain the reason for filing the application. Counsel submits that the petitioner engaged the present set of lawyers a month after filing of the arbitration petition and it is only upon receiving the arbitration petition as filed, that it was discovered that the grounds in support of the arbitration petition have not been amplified. Counsel submits that the grounds, which are sought to be brought in by way of the present amendment, have been taken by way of abu