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Vedanta wins case for $499 mn award claim; SC rejects govt plea

Court rejects government's petition, which had said that billionaire Anil Agarwal's company, along with Videocon Industries Ltd., is entitled to recover only $198.5 million

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FILE PHOTO: A bird flies past the logo of Vedanta installed on the facade of its headquarters in Mumbai | Photo: Reuters

Upmanyu Trivedi | Bloomberg
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Vedanta Ltd. is entitled to recover a $499 million arbitration award from the central government for developing oil and gas fields in Rajasthan.

The court rejected the government’s petition, which had said that billionaire Anil Agarwal’s company, along with Videocon Industries Ltd., is entitled to recover only $198.5 million as agreed in the production-sharing contract for the Ravva oil and gas fields.

Cairn India Ltd., which was later acquired by Vedanta, had in 2011 won an arbitration award in Malaysia for higher recoveries and sought its enforcement in India. The company won a

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