Supreme Court of India

Videocon Industries Ltd. v. Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [2011] 8 S.C.R. 569
Bench R.V. Raveendran and G.S. Singhvi JJ.
Decided 11 May 2011

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Delhi High Court did not have the jurisdiction to entertain the petition filed by the respondents under Section 9 of the Act and the mere fact E that the appellant had earlier filed similar petitions was not sufficient to clothe that High Court with the jurisdiction to entertain the petition filed by the respondents.

Judgment, page 31

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - s. 9 - Jurisdiction for entertaining petition uls. 9 - Seat of arbitration - Production Sharing Contract (PSC) - Dispute between the parties - Matter referred to arbitral tribunal under clause 34.3 of PSC - In terms of clause 34.12 of the PSC, the seat of arbitration was Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - However, due to outbreak of epidemic SARS, the arbitral tribunal decided to hold its sittings first at Amsterdam and then at London and the parties did not object to this - Partial award passed - Respondent No. 1 challenged the partial award by filing a

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