NEW DELHI: The Delhi prime court docket on Monday ordered attachment of all unencumbered belongings of two holding companies of former promoters of Ranbaxy Laboratories Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh. An unencumbered asset is free of any claims, i.e. now not mortgaged or pledged.
The HC determined to attach belongings to execute the Rs three,500-crore arbitral award won by way of Japanese pharma main Daiichi Sankyo and upheld by way of Justice Jayant Nath earlier this yr.
On Monday, Justice Nath issued warrants for attaching the unencumbered belongings of RHC Holdings and Oscar Investments and directed Singh brothers and 10 others to document within 10 days an inventory in their unencumbered belongings.
The HC additional restrained till March 23, the next date of hearing, RHC Holdings from working its financial institution accounts, with the exception of for cost of salaries and statutory dues and directed the Singh brothers to handle established order on the entire belongings the place they have got any pastime.
The court docket’s instructions came after Daiichi introduced up two affidavits filed by way of the 2 companies in 2016 and 2017, giving the list in their unencumbered belongings and advised the court docket to attach the belongings, to safe its award. However the Singh brothers requested the court docket to first appoint a chartered accountant to set the method in motion, following which Justice Nath determined to reserve attachment of belongings.
The HC had earlier restrained Singh brothers and others from selling or shifting their stocks or any movable or immovable property and all over the pendency of Daiichi’s plea, Singh brothers had disclosed their belongings to the court docket in sealed covers in December 2016 and March 2017.
A tribunal in Singapore had handed the award in favour of Daiichi, holding that the Singh brothers concealed data that the Indian corporate was once going through probes by way of the US Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Justice, while selling its stocks.
On January 31, Justice Nath upheld the international arbitral award handed in favour of Daiichi and lead the way for enforcement of the 2016 tribunal award in opposition to the brothers, though HC removed legal responsibility in opposition to five minors who were also shareholders in Ranbaxy, pronouncing they cannot be held guilty of getting perpetuated a fraud both themselves or through any agent. Daiichi had moved the HC in 2016, in search of enforcement of a Rs 2,562-crore Singapore arbitral award handed in April 2016, in conjunction with an additional claim of pastime and lawyers’ fees incurred in connection with the proceedings.
The HC determined to attach belongings to execute the Rs three,500-crore arbitral award won by way of Japanese pharma main Daiichi Sankyo and upheld by way of Justice Jayant Nath earlier this yr.
On Monday, Justice Nath issued warrants for attaching the unencumbered belongings of RHC Holdings and Oscar Investments and directed Singh brothers and 10 others to document within 10 days an inventory in their unencumbered belongings.
The HC additional restrained till March 23, the next date of hearing, RHC Holdings from working its financial institution accounts, with the exception of for cost of salaries and statutory dues and directed the Singh brothers to handle established order on the entire belongings the place they have got any pastime.
The court docket’s instructions came after Daiichi introduced up two affidavits filed by way of the 2 companies in 2016 and 2017, giving the list in their unencumbered belongings and advised the court docket to attach the belongings, to safe its award. However the Singh brothers requested the court docket to first appoint a chartered accountant to set the method in motion, following which Justice Nath determined to reserve attachment of belongings.
The HC had earlier restrained Singh brothers and others from selling or shifting their stocks or any movable or immovable property and all over the pendency of Daiichi’s plea, Singh brothers had disclosed their belongings to the court docket in sealed covers in December 2016 and March 2017.
A tribunal in Singapore had handed the award in favour of Daiichi, holding that the Singh brothers concealed data that the Indian corporate was once going through probes by way of the US Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Justice, while selling its stocks.
On January 31, Justice Nath upheld the international arbitral award handed in favour of Daiichi and lead the way for enforcement of the 2016 tribunal award in opposition to the brothers, though HC removed legal responsibility in opposition to five minors who were also shareholders in Ranbaxy, pronouncing they cannot be held guilty of getting perpetuated a fraud both themselves or through any agent. Daiichi had moved the HC in 2016, in search of enforcement of a Rs 2,562-crore Singapore arbitral award handed in April 2016, in conjunction with an additional claim of pastime and lawyers’ fees incurred in connection with the proceedings.
Attach claim-free assets of Singh brothers' holding cos: HC
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