Supreme Court of India

Cox and Kings Limited v. Sap India Private Limited & Another

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Bench N.V. Ramana, A. S. Bopanna and Surya Kant JJ.
Decided 6 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, respectfully, I am of the opinion that the questions that are sought to be referred to a larger bench deserve further elaboration.

Judgment, page 50

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996:ss. 2(1), 8 –‘Group of companies’ doctrine as expounded in Chloro Control case – Examination of scope and applicability of the doctrine in Indian jurisprudence – Issue as regards whether the parent company, which is not signatory to the arbitration agreement should be joined to this arbitration petition regardless of the fact that petitioner entered into an agreement with only the subsidiary – Held: The ratio of the Chloro Control case alludes to the subjective intention of parties to be bound by arbitration agreement when the parties have clearly not…

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