International Arbitration Case At The Hague

The Government of India and British oil major Cairn Energy have had a long face-off. It has its origin in a retrospective tax amendment law, under which the company was asked to pay a tax liability by India. Cairn contested against the demand and this led to an arbitration case.

India has lost a major case in international arbitration involving spectrum and satellites and may have to pay up to a billion dollars in damages. Today's verdict from the International Tribunal at the Hague could further the perception of India as an unreliable recipient of foreign investment, one who is prone to abrupt policy changes.

Almost 50 young Filipinos are camping on a remote Philippine-held island in the South China Sea in a symbolic stand against China's claim to most of the waterway, officials said today.

The Government of India and British oil major Cairn Energy have had a long face-off. It has its origin in a retrospective tax amendment law, under which the company was asked to pay a tax liability by India. Cairn contested against the demand and this led to an arbitration case.

India has lost a major case in international arbitration involving spectrum and satellites and may have to pay up to a billion dollars in damages. Today's verdict from the International Tribunal at the Hague could further the perception of India as an unreliable recipient of foreign investment, one who is prone to abrupt policy changes.

Almost 50 young Filipinos are camping on a remote Philippine-held island in the South China Sea in a symbolic stand against China's claim to most of the waterway, officials said today.