2020 (11) TMI 983

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....or the Respondent : Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Ld. AG, Mr. Tushar Mehta, Ld. SG, Mr. Arjun Krishnan, AOR, Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv., Mr. Ankur Singh, Adv., Mr. Shourya Bari, Adv., Mr. Chinmoy Roy, Jr. Legal Officer, Mr. Tushar Mehta, Ld. SG Mr. Venkatraman, ASG, Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv., Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR ORDER IA No. 107899/2020 - FOR DIRECTIONS We have heard all the parties before us in the instant interlocutory application for direction filed on behalf of the respondent - Antrix Corporation Limited. The respondent have suffered an award in the sum of $ 562.5 million with interest. The total liability under the Award appears to be in the region of US $ 1.2 billion. The matter before us has arisen in the following way: The respond....

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....before the City Civil Court, Bangalore would proceed. Thereafter, the petitioner - Devas Multimedia Private Limited, filed the present Special Leave Petition and on 19.11.2018, this Court stayed the proceedings under section 9 and 34 of the Act filed by the respondent - Antrix Corporation Limited before the City Civil Court, Bangalore. The instant interlocutory application for direction has been filed thereafter. Having given our anxious consideration to the matter before us, we find that the issue pending before us in the present SLP is primarily whether the application under section 34 of the Act should be heard by the court at Delhi or the court at Bangalore. In other words, the issue before us is not whether the award can be allow....