Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. vs Afcons Gunanusa JV

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2022 Supreme(SC) 878

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, SURYA KANT, SANJIV KHANNA
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Afcons Gunanusa JV – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Huzefa A Ahmadi, Sr. Adv.(A.C.) Ms. Anushka Shah, Adv. Mr. Pradhuman Gohil, Adv. Ms. Taruna Singh Gohil, Adv. Ms. Ranu Purohit, adv. Mr. R. Vishnu Kumar, Adv. Mr. Alapati Sahithya Krishna, adv. Ms. Nooreen Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rohan Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shahrukh Alam, Adv. Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AGI Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Ms. Ikshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Kapil Raghav, Adv. Mr. Dishant Bhati, Adv. Ms. Tanya, Adv. Mr. S.B. Updhyay, Sr. Adv. Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath, Adv. Mr. Nishant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Harshit Singh,Adv. Mr. Lalit Mohan, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Udit Seth, Adv. Mr. Anil Seth, Adv. Mr. C. Kannan, Adv. Mr. Ravi Shankar, AOR Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhishek Birthray, Adv. Mr. Tanmay Nandi, Adv. Mr. Somya Budholia, Adv. Mr. Prateek Seth, Adv. Mr. Adeem Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Mayank Kshirsagar, AOR Mr. Suyash Gupta, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Suryash Gupta, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Adv. Mr. K. Parameshwar, Adv. Mr. Prasad Hedge, Adv. Ms. Sregurupriya, Adv. Ms. Arti Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Sethi, Adv. Ms. Sheetal Patil, Adv. Ms. Subasini Sethy, Adv. Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Abhishek Birthray, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jaitely Bakshshi, Adv. Mr. Jaiyesh Bakhshi, Adv. Ms. Rini Badoni, Adv. Ms. Manmilan Sidhu, Adv. Mr. Ankit Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Radhika Malik, Adv. Ms. Sudiksha Saini, Adv. Mr. Sumit R Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prateek Seth, Adv. Mr. Tanmoy Nandi, Adv. Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. Manu Seshadri, Adv. Mr. Aveak Ganguly, Adv. Mr. Abhijit Lal, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Anand, Adv. Mr. Mithu Jain, AOR Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Ramkripal Singh, Adv. Ms. Meenu Singh, Adv. Mr. Jitender Singh, Adv. Ms. Shweta Sinha, Adv. Mr. Ravi Shankar, AOR Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR Mr. Daksh Arora, Adv. Mr. R. Chandrachud, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Mr. D. Venkata Krishana, Adv.

JUDGMENT

D.Y. Chandrachud, J.

This judgment has been divided into sections to facilitate analysis. They are:

A Factual Background

A.1 Facts of Petition for Arbitration (Civil) No 5 of 2022

A.2 Facts of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No 13426 of 2021

A.3 Facts of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No 10358 of 2020

A.4 Facts of Miscellaneous Application Nos. 1990-1991 of 2019

B Submissions of Counsel

B.1 Submissions on behalf of the petitioners

B.2 Submissions on behalf of the respondents

B.3 Submissions on behalf of the amicus curiae

C Determination of arbitrators’ fee

C.1 Comparative outlook

C.1.1 Position of international organisations

(i) United National Commission on International Trade

(ii) Permanent Court of Arbitration

(iii) London Court of International Arbitration

(iv) International Centre for Dispute Resolution

(v) International Chamber of Commerce

(vi) Singapore International Arbitration Centre

(vii) Hong Kong International Arbitration

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2022 Supreme(SC) 878

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, SURYA KANT, SANJIV KHANNAOil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. – AppellantVersusAfcons Gunanusa JV – Respondent

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D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, SURYA KANT, SANJIV KHANNA
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Afcons Gunanusa JV – Respondent