Supreme Court of India
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. v. M/s Discovery Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, we issue the following directions: (i) The judgment of the Single Judge of the Bombay High Court dated 27 June 2012 in Arbitration Petition No 814 of 2011 is set aside; OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORP. LTD. v.
Judgment, page 50
From the headnote
Arbitration – Group of companies doctrine – Invocation of – Held: An arbitration agreement entered into by a company within a group of companies, can bind its non-signatory affiliates or sister concerns if the circumstances demonstrate a mutual intention of the parties to bind both the signatory and affiliated, non-signatory parties – non-signatory may be bound by the arbitration agreement where: (i) there exists a group of companies; and (ii) parties have engaged in conduct or made statements indicating an intention to bind a non-signatory – In deciding whether a company within a group of…
Authorities it was built on
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- 2017 M/s. Duro Felguera, S. A. v. M/s. Gangavaram Port Limited
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- 2019 M/s. Dyna Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. M/s. Crompton Greaves Ltd.
- 2012 Chloro Controls (i) P. Ltd. v. Severn Trent Water Purification Inc. and Ors.
- 2018 Ameet Lalchand Shah and Others v. Rishabh Enterprises and Another
- 2010 Indowind Energy Ltd. v. Wescare (i) Ltd. and Anr.
- 2018 Cheran Properties Limited v. Kasturi and Sons Limited and Ors.
- 2019 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. v. Canara Bank & Ors.
- 2019 Benckiser (india) Private Limited v. Reynders Label Printing India Private Limited and Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Ac Chokshi Share Broker Private Limited v. Jatin Pratap Desai & Anr.
- 2025 Asf Buildtech Private Limited v. Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Private Limited
- 2025 Adavya Projects Pvt. Ltd. v. M/s Vishal Structurals Pvt. Ltd. & Ors
- 2026 Kkh Finvest Pvt. Ltd. v. Ashiesh Shukla
- 2023 Cox and Kings Ltd. v. Sap India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.
- 2023 Gujarat Composite Limited v. A Infrastructure Limited & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 3 mentioned
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