(Prayer: Petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to set aside the Award dated 24.03.2017 rendered by the Tribunal and dismiss the claims of the claimant.)

1. Challenging the Award of the Learned Arbitrator the present Original Petition has been filed. For the sake of convenience the parties are referred as per their own rankings in the claim petition.

2. The brief facts leading to file this petition is as follows:

(a) This claimant is an expert in the beauty and wellness industry for over 25 years and is the proprietor of Salon Aarthi. The Respondent who had returned from USA was trained by the claimant in her Academy. She proposed to the Claimant that they could start a salon and spa as a partnership, where the Claimant would bring the technical expertise and the Respondent her corporate and IT background. Accordingly, partnership agreement came to be registered on 25.04.2013 and the partnership firm was named as "Veda Day Spa and Salon." After the rental agreement was executed on 22.06.2013 the Claimant began to recruit and train persons to run the Spa and Salon. She has trained 35 persons. While receiving the valuable inputs of the Claimant for establishing the business, the Respondent began to object to the persons suggested by the Claimant for creating the infrastructure doing the interior etc. After enormous delay, the business commenced on 28.12.2013. It was promoted as unit of "Salon Aarthi." Since the Respondent had excluded the claimant from participating in the business, the claimant was unaware if such permission had been obtained. The claimant has invested a sum of more than Rs.40 lakhs. Besides she has also trained many prospective employees.

(b) On 17.02.2014, the claimant issued an email suggesting that the operations of Salon and Spa be temporarily shut. However, the matter could not be settled. The accounts were never maintained by the Respondent, in fact the accounts were not disclosed to the Claimant. Thereafter, the claimant sent an email on 14.3.2014 calling for dissolution of partnership and appointment of an Arbitrator. The Respondent sent a reply through lawyer on 17.03.2014 admitting the investment of the claimant to the tune of Rs. 40 lakhs. As the dispute culminated into lodging a police complaint, the matter finally referred to the Arbitrator at the instance of the Court. The claimant made the following claim:-

(a) Investment amount with interest at 18% for 27 months	4000000 + 1620000	Rs. 5620000/-
(b) Loss of Profit on investment from business for 27 months		Rs. 5400000/-
(c) Claim on Expertise/Expert Advice:		Rs. 2400000/-
Naming the Salon as Veda
Inputs for designing the logo Sourcing the top line of product
Recruiting staff
Training staff, Menu contents
Designing the lining the uniforms
Fine tuning the music and interiors
Billing software contents
Spa lining
Incorporation of a Zen garden
Client consultation training
Ordering and purchasing of stock
Maintaining inventory
System operation training
Purchase of furniture Light fitting
Training of staff for Veda salon		Rs. 1500000/-
Loss of reputation in business		Rs. 2000000/-
Mental agony caused by the actions of respondent including false police complaint and threats from various people		Rs. 2500000/-
Expenses incurred due to non- compliance of FRRO Procedures in respect of Spa Therapists by the respondent		Rs. 450000/-
	Total	Rs. 19870000/-

3. It is the case of the respondent that it was the claimant who induced her to start the Salon and Spa. The respondent wanted to