VINAY PRAKASH SINGH Vs. SAMEER GEHLAUT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) A dispute between Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited (hereinafter 'the petitioner') and the respondents in Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.20417 of 2017, was referred to international arbitration. An arbitral award was passed on 29.04.2016 in Singapore whereby the petitioner was held entitled to receive Rs. 3500 crores approximately from respondent no.1 to 15 in S.L.P.(C) No.20417 of 2017. This award was challenged both in Singapore and India. The objections have been dismissed and the award has become final. Though the respondents submit that in Singapore they have filed an appeal to the Court of Appeal, however they have not placed any stay order of the Court of Appeal on record. Admittedly, the award can be enforced.

(2.) The petitioner filed proceedings for the enforcement of the foreign award in Delhi High Court. The respondents no.1 to 15 in the SLP objected to the same and filed objections under Section 48 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short 'the Act'). These objections were dismissed except insofar as respondents no. 5 and 9 to 12 before the High Court were concerned since these respondents were minors. The challenge to the judgment of the High Court has been rejected by this Court on 16.02.2018 in SLP (C) No.4276 of 2018.

(3.) Before dealing with the issues in detail it would be helpful to lay out the following chart to explain the relation between various entities belonging to the respondents in the SLP as on 31.03.2017 as reflected from order of SEBI dated 14.03.2019: