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Special leave petition – Exemption from filing the certified copy of the impugned order of the High Court
by Vasanth Rajasekaran† and Harshvardhan Korada††
Supreme Court has applied the standard of a ‘grave miscarriage of justice’ in the exceptional circumstances of this case where the process of arbitration has been perverted by the arbitral tribunal to provide an undeserved windfall to DAMEPL.
Supreme Court highlighted that the provision for filing curative petitions was incorporated in Order XLVIII of the 2013 Rules.
A curative petition is a petition which requests the court to review its own decision even after a review petition is dismissed. It is considered as the last and final option available for redressal of grievances.
Having regard to larger ramifications of NN Global case, the Supreme Court viewed that proceedings should be placed before a seven-judge bench to reconsider the correctness of the view by a five-judge bench.
The Supreme Court was of the view that the Union of India’s claim for a ‘top up’ had no foundation in any known legal principle. Either a settlement was valid, or it was to be set aside in cases where it was vitiated by fraud. However, no such fraud had been pleaded by the Center.
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