An international arbitration tribunal has directed the Indian government to pay $1.2 billion in damages to UK’s Cairn Energy the second such embarrassing loss for the Modi government following the one to Vodafone in another arbitration matter just three months back. Both the cases were against a controversial 2012 retrospective tax legislation that gave the Indian government the power to go after M&A deals all the way back to 1962 if the underlying asset was in India.
The international arbitration tribunal ruled unanimously that India had breached its obligations to Cairn under the UK-India Bilateral Investment Treaty and awarded Cairn damages of $1.2 billion plus interest and costs, Cairn Energy said in its statement.
Retrospective tax: After Vodafone, India loses Cairn arbitration case
The international tribunal also ruled that India’s demand of $1.2 billion in retrospective tax was “in breach of the guarantee of fair and equitable treatment”. December 24, 2020 3:50:01 am
The Cairn India Ltd. logo is displayed on a sign outside the venue of the company s annual general meeting in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. (Photographer: Adeel Halim/Bloomberg)
Cairn Energy Plc won a major relief on Wednesday as the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague ruled that the Indian government’s retrospective tax demand against the global oil and gas major was “inconsistent” with the UK-India bilateral treaty.
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