Government To Oppose International Award To Devas, Says Finance Minister
Government will oppose the international award given to Devas Multimedia Limited after the Supreme Court upheld NCLAT's order to wind up the company
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Government will oppose the international award given to Devas Multimedia Limited after the Supreme Court upheld NCLAT's order to wind up the company
Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that the 2005 deal between ISRO's commercial arm Antrix and privately-owned Devas Multimedia was a "fraud of the Congress, by the Congress and for the Congress".
The Indian government will use the Supreme Court order upholding liquidation of Devas Multimedia Pvt. to fight the enforcement of arbitration awards being sought by the company in courts across the world.
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the winding up of Devas Multimedia saying," it is a case of fraud of a huge magnitude which cannot be brushed under the carpet, as a private lis".
A day after the Supreme Court upheld liquidation of Devas multimedia, FM Nirmala Sithraman hit out at the former Congress-led UPA government of misusing its power to give away a rare endowment of people, the S-Band spectrum, used for national security purposes, for 2005 Antrix-Devas deal.