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Government weighs legal options in Vodafone tax arbitration case

Last month, an international arbitration court ruled that the Indian government seeking ₹Rs 22.1 billion in taxes from telecom giant Vodafone using retrospective legislation “violated the guarantee of fair and equitable treatment” guaranteed by the bilateral investment protection pact between India and the Netherlands. Finance Ministry sources said the government …

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Vodafone v. India – End of a saga?

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ultimately ruled in favor of telecoms giant Vodafone in an investment treaty arbitration (ITA) dispute against India, initiated under the India-Netherlands Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). This ruling marks the culmination of nearly a decade of bitter tax dispute between India and the …

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Vodafone wins Rs 20,000 arbitration against India

NEW DELHI: global telecommunications giant Vodafone has won a long-pending arbitration against India with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Hague ruling that the tax authorities had violated the provisions of the Bilateral Investment Treaty with the Netherlands by retroactively amending the law to require more than Rs 20 billion …

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