Supreme Court of India
Reliance Communication Limited & Ors. v. State Bank of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the contempt of this Court needs to be purged by payment of the sum of INR 550 crore together with interest till date.
Judgment, page 32
From the headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 – s.12(4) – Agreement between Ericsson and Reliance Communications (RCom) – Ericsson agreed to provide managed services, i.e., operation, maintenance, and management of RCom’s network – It raised invoices, however on receiving no payment, ultimately issued notices – Notices replied by three Reliance Companies (RCom and its group companies, Reliance Telecom Ltd. & Reliance Infratel Ltd. – Understanding reached for making payment of the outstanding invoices – However, even this understanding fell through – Ericsson terminated the agreement calling upon the three…
Authorities it was built on
- 1998 Supreme Court Bar Association v. Union of India
- 1979 Babu Ram Gupta v. Sudhir Bhasin & Anr.
- 1989 Noorali Babul Thanewala v. K.M.M. Shetty and Ors.
- 1994 Mohd. Iqbal Khanday v. Abdul Majid Rather
- 2010 Dinesh Kumar Gupta v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Ors.
- 2008 Patel Rajnikant Dhulabhai & Anr. v. Patel Chandrakant Dhulabhai & Ors
- 1990 Dr. (mrs.) Roshan Sam Boyce v. B.R. Cotton Mills Ltd. and Ors.
- 1976 Chhaganbhai Norshinbhai v. Soni Chandubhai Gordhanbhai & Ors.
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