Devas Employees Mauritius Pvt. Ltd. vs Antrix Corporation Limited

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2023 Supreme(Del) 757

SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
Devas Employees Mauritius Pvt. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Antrix Corporation Limited – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Suhail Dutt, Senior Advocate with Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Mr. Lynn Pereira, Ms. Ekta Kapil, Ms. Priyanka M. P., Mr. Chaitanya Kaushik, Mr. Amber Bhushan, Ms. Shivangi Sud, Mr. Azhar Alam, Mr. Sankalp Goswami and Ms. Srishti Prakash, Advocates, for the Appellant.
Mr. N. Venkataraman, ASG and Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr. V. Chandrashekara Bharathi, Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Mr. Arvind Kumar Ray, Mr. Karan Gupta, Mr. S. Ram Narayan, Ms. Vanito Bhargava, Mr. Rahul Vijay Kumar, Mr. Aman, Advocates with Mr. Chinmoy Roy, Legal Officer, for the Petitioner.
Ms. Varuna Bhamral, Mr. Aubert Sebastian and Ms. Angelika Awasthi, Advocates, for the Respondent-2.

Table of Content
1. factual background of devas and antrix's agreements. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. initial arguments presented by the appellant/dempl. (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17)
3. arguments and legal principles invoked by the appellant. (Para 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23)
4. analysis of binding findings from supreme court. (Para 53 , 54 , 55)
5. final observations and implications of fraud. (Para 110 , 111 , 112)
6. conclusion of the judgment and dismissal of the appeal. (Para 115)

JUDGMENT

Subramonium Prasad, J. The instant appeal, under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as "the Arbitration Act" 'or "the A&C Act"), has been filed against the Judgment dated 29.08.2022 ("Impugned Judgment") passed by the Learned Single Judge in O.M.P. (Comm.) No. 11/2021, filed by Respondent No. 1 ("Antrix"') under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act (hereinafter referred to as "Section 34 Petition") to challenge the ICC Arbitral Award dated 14.09.2015 ('hereinafter referred to as "'the ICC Award") passed in favour of the Respondent No. 2 ("Devas"). The Ld. Single Judge, vide the Impugned Judgment has set aside the ICC Award under Section 34 of the

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2023 Supreme(Del) 757

SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, SUBRAMONIUM PRASADDevas Employees Mauritius Pvt. Ltd. – AppellantVersusAntrix Corporation Limited – Respondent

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SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
Devas Employees Mauritius Pvt. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Antrix Corporation Limited – Respondent