Mauritius drags India to international court over Andhra SEZ case

HYDERABAD: The Mauritius government has dragged India to the International Court of Justice for arbitration in the InduTech Zone Investments case.

InduTech Zone IT SEZ had failed to take off after CBI chargesheeted Andhra opposition chief Jagan Mohan Reddy in a rip-off involving the land earmarked for the purpose.

Indu Shyam Prasad Reddy, who used to be gotten smaller to increase the SEZ, had mortgaged the land to boost loans and laundered a part of it. Reddy, together with others, used to be booked in the same case.

As the SEZ case got embroiled in legal tangle, Carissa Investments LLC of Mauritius, which holds 49% stake in InduTech Zone, via FDI, approached the Mauritius government, which took up the case for arbitration. The Mauritius government took up the case beneath a bilateral treaty for defense of investments.

A most sensible legitimate of Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) told TOI, “A legal notice has been served by the Mauritius government in the title of PM Narendra Modi, mentioning that Carissa LLC has been cheated. The claimant, Carissa LLC, mentioned the claim could be over $50 million and sought arbitration. In the awareness, the Mauritius government has quoted United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Commercial Arbitration.”


Besides the PM, the awareness additionally mentions names of finance minister, legislation minister, trade minister and concrete affairs minister as respondents.


Though no longer as respondent, the awareness mentions the chargesheet in opposition to Jagan.


“The Mauritius government mentioned this can be a breach of bilateral investment treaty that promised coverage of investments. With the CBI and ED circumstances pending, the challenge failed to take off and ended in lack of investments for Carissa. International Court of Justice despatched a notice to India searching for appointment of an arbitrator. The Centre has called for an inter-ministerial group assembly for appointing an arbitrator,” mentioned the TSIIC legitimate.


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