Shin Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. v. Sterlite Technologies Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Commercial Arbitration Petition No. 236 of 2024 (2.CARBP.236.2024), Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. v. Sterlite Technologies Limited, order dated January 28, 2025 by Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan. Interim scheduling order in a Petition under Sections 47 and 49 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (foreign award recognition/enforcement context implied by provisions invoked, not elaborated in the order). Counsel agreed oral argument time caps: 30 minutes (Petitioner, led by Senior Advocate Sharan Jagtiani) and 90 minutes (Respondent, Rohan Cama). Parties to file five-page Note on Submissions focused on scope of Section 34 of the Act. Matter adjourned to March 5, 2025 for Final Hearing-Part-II. No holdings, no cases cited, no quantum.
What did the court decide?
Interim procedural directions only: counsel agreed the Petitioner shall take not more than 30 minutes and the Respondent no longer than 90 minutes for verbal arguments; parties directed to file a short Note on Submissions not exceeding five pages with page and case law references focusing on the scope of Section 34 of the Act; time commitments bind the parties; matter stood over to March 5, 2025 for 'Final Hearing-Part-II'. The petition itself was not decided.