Supreme Court of India

National Seeds Corporation Ltd. v. National Agro Seed Corporation (india)

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Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe JJ.
Decided 18 September 2026

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it is necessary to evolve and formulate a suitable legislation on the subject.

Judgment, page 40

In brief

An arbitral award dated 13.06.2019 directed the appellant award-debtor to pay Rs.1,46,40,005.02 with 12% interest, aggregating Rs.1,77,97,434. While staying enforcement in the appellant's Section 34 petition, the High Court required a deposit of 50% of the principal, and the appellant deposited Rs.73,20,003 on 25.11.2019 purely to obtain the stay, without serving any notice under Order XXI Rule 1(2) CPC. After the Section 34 petition was dismissed, the appellant resisted the award-holder's applications for release of the money throughout the Section 37 appeal and the subsequent SLP; the balance Rs.1,53,17,792 was deposited only on 26.04.2022, and the executing court's offer to release Rs.1 crore was conditioned on the respondent furnishing title deeds as security, which the financially distressed respondent could not spare.…

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