BSNL appealed under Section 37(1)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, against the rejection of its Section 34 application by the Additional District Judge, Barasat, which had declined to set aside an arbitral award dated 13 May 2016. The dispute arose from a 1997 registered lease of premises at Shyamnagar, North 24-Parganas, granted to the President of India (Calcutta Telephones) for a telephone exchange, with BSNL later succeeding to the lessee's interest. Key issues included whether BSNL's termination notice under Clause 7.1 was valid (the arbitrator held it fell short of the required six months), whether rent was payable during the period BSNL was not in effective occupation, and whether damages for the condition of the premises were warranted. BSNL argued frustration of contract due to the Pollution Control Board's direction, patent illegality in the award's construction of the notice clause, and that the Section 34 court erred in its approach; the respondents contended that the scope of interference under Sections 34 and 37 is extremely narrow and that the arbitrator's findings were plausible and not perverse. The judgment text as provided does not record a final operative order, as the reasoning appears to be cut off before the conclusion.