Supreme Court of India

Cox and Kings Limited v. Sap India Private Limited & Another

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Reported as [2022] 15 S.C.R. 182
Bench N. V. Ramana, A. S. Bopanna and Surya Kant JJ.
Decided 6 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, respectfully, I am of the opinion that the questions that are sought to be referred to a larger bench deserve further elaboration.

Judgment, page 50

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Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996:ss. 2(1), 8 –‘Group of companies’ doctrine as expounded in Chloro Contr ol case – Examination of scope and applicability of the doctr ine in Indian jurisprudence – Issue as regards whether the parent company , which is not signatory to the arbitration agreement shoul d be joined to this arbitration petition regardless of the fact that peti tioner entered into an agreement with only the subsidiary – Held: The ratio o f the Chloro Control case alludes to the subjective intention of parties to be bound by arbitration agreement when the parties hav e clearly

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