JUDGMENT

ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.:

1. Through the present Appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Section 37 [hereinafter referred to as "A&C Act"], the Appellant assails the correctness of the Judgment dated 23.12.2025 [hereinafter referred to as the "Impugned Judgment"] passed by the learned District Judge in a petition instituted under Section 34 [hereinafter referred to as the "Section 34 Petition"] of the A&C Act, Section 34. By way of the Impugned Judgment, the learned District Judge has declined interference with the Arbitral Award dated 03.06.2025 [hereinafter referred to as the "Award"] and has upheld the same.

2. The challenge laid by the Appellant in the Section 34 Petition was directed against the findings returned by the learned Sole Arbitrator [hereinafter referred to as the "Tribunal"] in respect of its claims arising out of a Collaboration Agreement executed between the parties. The Appellant contended that the Award suffered from patent illegality, inasmuch as material evidence had been ignored, findings had been returned in the absence of proof, and reliance had been placed upon documents which were neither duly proved nor admissible in evid