Nagaraj v. Mylandla v. PI Opportunities
Supreme Court of IndiaEL-SC-2026-03-104Bench: Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha; Alok Aradhe was hearing a special leave petition arising out of a civil revision decided by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. The petitioners are defendants in a suit for injunction instituted by the respondents. During the pendency of the suit
The Supreme Court has held that enforcement of a foreign arbitral award cannot be blocked on “public policy” grounds under Section 48 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 when the issue has already been finally decided by the seat court, and Indian courts cannot re-examine the merits under the guise of enforcement, due to the applicability of the doctrine of 'transnational issue estoppel'.