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Government of India v. 1.vedanta Limited (formerly Cairn India Ltd.) 2. Ravva Oil (singapore) Pte. Ltd. 3. Videocon Industries Limited

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Reported as [2020] 12 S.C.R. 1
Bench S. Abdul Nazeer, Indu Malhotra and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 16 September 2020

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the petition for enforcement of the foreign award was filed within the period of limitation prescribed by Article 137 of the Limitation Act, 1963.

Judgment, page 58

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss.47 and 49 – Foreign award – Limitation for filing enforcement/execution pe tition for enforcement of a foreign award – Held: Period of lim itation for filing a petition for enforcement of a foreign award u/ss.47 and 49, would be governed by Art.137 of the Limitation Act, which prescr ibes a period of three years from when the right to appl y accrues – Limitation Act, 1963 – Art. 137. Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – ss. 44, 46, 47 and 48 – Scheme of the Act for enforcement of New York Convention awards – Held: Part II Chapter 1 of the Act,

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