Supreme Court of India

Kkh Finvest Pvt. Ltd. v. Ashiesh Shukla

Neutral citation
Bench Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva JJ.
Decided 5 August 2026

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What the Court ordered

The appeal is accordingly allowed, setting aside the judgment dated 21.10.2024 in so far as it related to Ashiesh Shukla, respondent No. 1. He is also held to be a veritable party to the MoS and would, therefore, be amenable to having his disputes with appellant Nos. 1 and 2 referred to arbitration.

Judgment, 21

In brief

Appellant No.1, KKH Finvest, agreed under a Memorandum of Settlement dated 09.05.2022 with the promoters of Sensorise Digital Services (appellant No.2) and its sister concern to acquire the entire shareholding of the 'ex-Promoter group'/'Sellers' for Rs.8 crores. Respondent No.1, Ashiesh Shukla, a consultant holding 1480 shares (0.05%), was not a signatory to the MoS but was listed in Schedule 2 and, as contemplated by the MoS, executed a Share Purchase Agreement on 09.05.2022 whose recitals expressly referred to the MoS and to the proportionate share of the Rs.8 crore settlement amount paid to him.…

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