award. Under the proviso, if the Court is satisfied that the applicant was prevented by sufficient cause from making the application within the said period of three months, it may entertain the application within a further period of thirty days but not thereafter. The issue which arose before the Supreme Court was whether the Limitation Act, 1963 was inapplicable to a proceeding in Court under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act and, even if the Limitation Act, 1963 is applicable, whether the applicability of section 14 is excluded to proceedings under Section 34 (1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. At this stage, it would be necessary to note that Section 43(1) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 specifically provides that the Limitation Act, 1963 shall apply to arbitrations as it applies to proceedings in Court. The Supreme Court held on a review of the provisions of the Act of 1996, that there is no provision in that Act which excludes the applicability of the provisions of Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963 to an application submitted under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. On the contrary, the provision of Section 43 made the provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963 applicable to arbitration proceedings. In a judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Panchal on behalf of His Lordship and the learned Chief Justice, it was observed that the intention of the legislature in
