Supreme Court of India

Shyam Sunder Agarwal v. P. Narotham Rao and Ors.

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Bench R. F. Nariman and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 23 July 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that having issued a notice for arbitration way-back on 24.05.2007, there was no reason whatsoever to delay a Section 11 application for a period of two and a half years until December, 2009.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)/Agreement executed between the parties for sale and purchase of shares of a Company – Issue as to whether Clause 12 of the said Agreement can be stated to be an arbitration clause – Held: On reading of various clauses it is clear that two persons though, styled as Mediators/Arbitrators, are escrow agents who were appointed to keep certain vital documents in escrow, and to ensure a successful completion of the transaction contained in the MOU – The very fact that they were referred to as “Mediators/ Arbitrators” and as…

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