Bef

ore

THEHON’
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,NEW DELHI

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At
hlet
icaGanges…………………….
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..Pet
it
ioner

v.

Gov
ernmentofI
ndi
a.……………………….
..
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..
..
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.Respondent

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th

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TION No_
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_/2013

At
hlet
icaGanges………………………………………………………………….
Pet
it
ioner

v.

Gov
ernmentofI
ndi
a………………………….
..
………….
.….
……….
.………Respondent

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-
Tabl
eofCont
ent
s- -
Respondent
-

TABLEOFCONTENTS

Tabl
eofCont
ent
s I
I
ndexofAbbr
evi
ati
ons I
I
I
ndexofAut
hor
it
ies I
II
St
atementofJur
isdi
cti
on VI
I
St
atementofFact
s VI
II
Quest
ionsPr
esent
ed XI
Summar
yofPl
eadi
ngs XI
I
Pl
eadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies -1-
1. THERESPONDENTI
SJUSTI
FI NRESCI
EDI NGTHECONTRACTANDI
NDI NVOKI
NG

ARBI ON:
TRATI -1-
1.
1ThePet
it
ionerhasf
ail
edt
omakenecessar
ydi
scl
osur
est
otheRespondent
:-1-
1.
2ThePet
it
ionerhasbeeni
nvol
vedi
nCr
imesofFi
nanci
alI
mpr
opr
iet
y: -2-
1.
3TheRespondenthasnotv
iol
atedt
heCompany
’st
radesecr
etr
ight
s: -4-
2 THEARBI
TRALAWARDI ABLETOBES
SNOTLI ETASI
DE: -4-
2.
1ThePet
it
ionerhasaccept
edt
hej
uri
sdi
cti
onoft
heAr
bit
rat
or: -5-
2.
2TheAr
bit
rat
ori
sthesol
ejudgeofqual
i
tyandquant
it
yofEv
idencesubmi
tt
ed:
-6
-
2.
3TheAr
bit
rat
or’
svi
ewi
sinkeepi
ngwi
tht
hePubl
i
cPol
i
cyofI
ndi
a: -7-

3 THERESPONDENTI
SNOTGUI
LTYOFCI
VILCONTEMPTOFCOURT. -13-
4. THERESPONDENTI ABLEFORPERJURY.
SNOTLI -15-
Pr
ayer -18-

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
I
-
IndexofAbbr
evi
ati
ons- -
Respondent
-

I
NDEXOFABBREVI
ATI
ONS

§ : Sect
ion

§§ : Sect
ions

¶ : Par
agr
aph

¶
¶ : Par
agr
aphs

A.
P. : Andhr
aPr
adesh

A.
C. : Appel
l
ateCases

AI
R : Al
lIndi
aRepor
ter

Anr
. : Anot
her

Bom. : Bombay

Cr
i.
L.J : Cr
imi
nal
LawJour
nal

K.
B. : Ki
ng’
sBench

Mad. : Madr
as

n. : Not
e

Or
s. : Ot
her
s

MMDR : Mi
nes and Mi
ner
als

(
Regul
ati
on

andDev
elopment
)Act
,1957

SC : Supr
emeCour
t

SCC : Supr
emeCour
tCases

Sd/
- : Si
gned

Supp. : Suppl
ement
ary

U.
P. : Ut
tarPr
adesh

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
I
I
-
IndexofAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

U.
S. : Uni
tedSt
ates

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
I
II
-
IndexofAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

I
NDEXOFAUTHORI
TIES

Cases

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G.v
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tHamst
ow,
UDC(
1895)11TLR533 -15-

Adi
kandaSwai
nv.Emper
or,
AIR1947Pat251, Kal
p542; iShankarChat
ter
jeev
.Sar
at

Chandr
aDey
,(1977)Cal
HCN538 -17-

Al
lIndi
aAnnaDr
avi
daMunnet
raKazhagam v
.l.
K.Tr
ipat
hi,
(2009)5SCC417 -15-

Asgar
allv
.Emper
orAI
R1942Nag80 -16-

Ashi
shKumarKunduv
.A.
K.Tandon,
1994(
4)SLR319 -16-

At
tor
neyGener
alv
.Guar
dianNewspaper
sLt
d[1988]AI
IER545 -11-

BabuRam Gupt
av.Sudhi
rBhasi
n,AI
R1979SC1582 -14-

Badat&Cov
.EastI
ndi
aTr
adi
ngCo,
AIR1964SC538 -13-

Bhagwat
iFoundat
ionv
.Commi
ssi
onerMCD,
Wri
tPet
it
ion(
C)Nos.146 -2-

BSNLv
s.BWLI
ndust
ri
esPv
t.Lt
d.,
O.M.
P.415/
2003 -7-

BWLLt
d.v
.MTNL,
2007(
4)ARBLR398(
Del
hi) -8-

Cast
rolAust
ral
i
anPt
yLt
dv.EmTechAssoci
atedPt
yLt
d,(
1980)51FLR184 -11-

Cocov
.A.
N.Cl
arkLt
d,[
1969]RPC41 -4-

Dhar
mav
irSi
ngh&Or
s.v
.Smt
.Nav
rajSi
ndhu,
1997AI
HC259 -15-

Edpugant
iBapanai
ahv
.Sr
iK.
S.Raj
u&Or
s,2007APHi
ghCour
t,Cont
emptCase

No.
915of2002 -16-

GangaRet
reat&Tower
sLt
d.v
.St
ateofRaj
ast
han,
(2003)12SCC91 -2-

HouseofSpr
ingGar
densPoi
ntBl
ank,
[1983]FSR213 -4-

I
ntheMat
teroft
heAppl
i
cat
ionofFeder
ati
onI
nter
nat
ional
edeBasket
bal
lfora

SubpoenaPur
suant28U.
S.C.
S1782 -10-

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
I
V
-
Stat
ementofJur
isdi
cti
on- -
Respondent
-

I
nit
ialSer
vicesLt
dv.Puet
eri
l
s,[
1968]1QB396 -11-

Konr
adWi
edemannGmbhv
.St
andar
dCast
ingsPv
t.Lt
d, 
[1985](
10)I
PLR243 -4-

Kr
ishnaBhagy
aJal
aNi
gam Lt
d.v
.Har
ishchandr
aReddy
,AI
R2007SC817 -6-

M.
P.Shar
mav
.Sat
ishChandr
a,AI
R1954SC300 -11-

Moor
gat
eTobaccoCoLt
dv.Phi
l
ipsMor
ri
sLt
d,[
1991]AI
IER341 -11-

Muni
cipalCor
por
ati
onofDel
hiv
.JaganNat
hAshok,
(1987)4SCC497 -7-
,-13-

N.
,J.
,Y.
,W.
,v.FI
NA,
CAS98/
208 -8-

Nar
ayanaPani
ckerv
.TheSub–Di
vi
sionalMagi
str
ate,
For
tCoshi
n&Or
s,1979Ker

LT346 -15-

Ni
shaKant
aRoyChoudhar
yv.Smt
.Sar
ojBashi
niGoho,
AIR1948Cal
294(
DB) -14-

ONGCv
.SawPi
pes,
(2003)5SCC705 -7-

Padar
athSi
nghv
.Rat
tanSi
ngh,
(1920)Pat419 -16-

Poor
anMalv
.Di
rect
orofI
nspect
ion(
Inv
est
igat
ion)
,(1974)1SCC345,
364 -11-

Queenv
.AhmedAl
l
y,11WR25,27 -16-

R.
M.Mal
kaniv
.St
ateofMahar
asht
ra,
(1973)1SCC471 -11-

R.
S.Joshiv
.Aj
i
tMi
l
lsLt
d,(
1977)4SCC98 -3-

Rasht
ri
yaI
spatNi
gam v
.DewanChandRam Sar
an,
(2012)5SCC306 -5-
,-12-

Rat
ansiDay
av.Emper
or,
AIR1916Si
nd70(
2) -16-

RenusagarPv
t.Co.Lt
d.v
.Gener
alEl
ect
ri
cCo.
,1994Supp(
1)SCC644 -7-

SCGupt
av.Emper
or,
AIR1924Rang17 -16-

S.
N.Mal
hot
rav
.Ai
rpor
tAut
hor
it
yofI
ndi
a,2008(
2)ARBLR76(
Del
hi) -6-

S.
R.Bommaiv
.Uni
onofI
ndi
a,(
1994)3SCC1 -16-

Sachi
ndr
aNat
hPanj
av.N.
L.Basak,
Pri
nci
palSecr
etar
y,Gov
tofWestBengal
,2004

(
4)CHN602 -15-

Sal
tmanEng'
gCo.Lt
d.v
.Campbel
lEng'
gCo.Lt
d.,
[1948]65RPC203 -4-
MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
V
-
Stat
ementofJur
isdi
cti
on- -
Respondent
-

Shi
vRamanGourv
.MadanMohanKanda,
(1990)CrLJ1033 -16-

Shy
niVar
ghesevSt
ate(
Gov
t.ofNCTofDel
hi)
,(2008)147DLT691(
Del
) -11-

St
ate(
NCTofDel
hi)v
.Nav
jotSandhu,
(2005)
11SCC600 -11-

St
ateofM.
P.v
.RameshC.
Shar
ma,
(2005)12SCC628 -11-

St
ateofUt
tarPr
adeshv
.Al
l
iedConst
ruct
ions,
(2003)7SCC396 -5-
,-12-

Sudar
sanTr
adi
ngCo.v
.Gov
ernmentofKer
ala,
(1989)2SCC38 -5-

Thi
rupat
hyKumarKhemkav
.CI
T,(
2007)210CTR(
Mad)287 -3-

ThomasMar
shal
lv.Gui
nle,
[1979]1Ch237 -4-

Uni
tedSt
atesv
.Cont
e,(
N.D.Cal
.2004) -9-

USADAv
.G.
,CAS2004/
O/649 -9-

USADAv
.M.andI
AAF,
CAS2004/
O/645 -9-

St
atut
es

I
ndi
anPenal
Code,
1860 -16-

TheAr
bit
rat
ionandConci
l
iat
ionAct
,1996 -5-

TheAr
bit
rat
ionAndConci
l
iat
ionAct
,1996 -13-

TheGener
alCl
ausesAct
,1971 -16-

TheI
ndi
anEv
idenceAct
,1872 -11-
,-13-

ThePr
event
ionofMoneyLaunder
ingAct
,2002 -3-

Rul
es

The2012Pr
ohi
bit
edLi
stI
nter
nat
ional
Standar
d,TheWor
ldAnt
i-
Dopi
ngCode -9-

TheAnt
i-
Dopi
ngRul
es,
TheNat
ional
Ant
iDopi
ngAgency
,Indi
a -9-

TheWor
ldAnt
i-
Dopi
ngCode,
2009 -8-

JamesA.
R.Naf
ziger
,Ci
‘ r
cumst
ant
ialEv
idenceofDopi
ng:BALCOandBey
ond’
,16

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
VI
-
Stat
ementofJur
isdi
cti
on- -
Respondent
-

Mar
q.Spor
tsL.Rev
.45(
2005) -9-

OPMal
hot
raandI
nduMal
hot
ra,
‘TheLawandPr
act
iceofAr
bit
rat
ionand

Conci
l
iat
ion’
,Lexi
sNexi
sBut
ter
woer
thsWadhwa,
Gur
gaon(
2006) -5-

Pat
ri
ckK.Thor
nton,
‘Spor
tsLaw’
,JonesandBar
tl
ettPubl
i
sher
s,(
Bost
on)(
2011)
-10-

Henr
yCampbel
lBl
ack,
et.
alBl
, ack’
sLawDi
cti
onar
y,6thEdi
ti
on,
p.1079,
St.Paul
Minn.

WestPubl
i
shi
ngCompany
,1990. -14-

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
VI
I
-
Stat
ementofJur
isdi
cti
on- -
Respondent
-

STATEMENTOFJURI
SDI
CTI
ON

TheRespondenthumbl
ysubmi
tst
hismemor
andum i
nresponset
otwopet
it
ions

f
il
edbef
oret
hisHonour
abl
eCour
t,andcl
ubbedt
oget
herbyt
heHonour
abl
eCour
t.

Thef
ir
stappl
icat
ioni
nvokesi
tst
err
it
ori
alor
dinar
yor
igi
nalci
vi
ljur
isdi
cti
onunder

sect
ion34(
1)oft
heAr
bit
rat
ionAndConci
li
ati
onAct
,1996r
eadwi
thsect
ion5(
1)

andsect
ion5(
2)ofTheDel
hiHi
ghCour
tAct
,1966.ThesecondCont
emptPet
it
ion

i
nvokesi
tsor
igi
nalj
uri
sdi
cti
onundersect
ion11ofTheCont
emptofCour
tAct
,

1971.I
tset
sfor
tht
hef
act
sandt
hel
awsonwhi
cht
hecl
aimsar
ebased.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
VI
II
-
Stat
ementofFact
s- -
Respondent
-

STATEMENTOFFACTS

I
.

PanAt
hel
eti
caI
nc.i
sacompanyi
ncor
por
atedi
ntheUni
tedSt
atesofAmer
icawi
th

t
hepur
poseofpr
ovi
dingaspect
rum ofser
vicesi
ntheSpor
tsI
ndust
ry.
.PanAt
hlet
ica

setupar
esear
chwi
ngt
oinv
est
igat
ethel
ocalf
lor
aandf
aunai
nthenear
byAmazon

f
orest
sinBr
azi
l
.Thecompanyt
henset
-upar
esear
chst
ati
onneart
heI
ndo-
Nepal

bor
deraf
teri
ncor
por
ati
ngasubsi
diar
yinNepal(
Athl
eti
cEv
erest
)in1989.Ti
l
lnow

PanAt
hlet
icadi
dnothav
eaf
oodandnut
ri
ti
ondepar
tment
.

I
n1991,t
hecompanysi
gnedal
ocalf
oot
bal
lteam i
nBr ,Desv
azi
l ali
doswhi
ch,di
d

v
erywel
l
.Ev
ent
ual
l
y66%per
centoft
het
eam member
swentont
obecomeapar
tof

t
henat
ionalf
oot
bal
lteam.Begi
nni
ngi
n1992At
hlet
icaMachusi
gnedt
hem f
ora

decade.Bet
ween1992and2002,Br
azi
lwont
heWor
ldcupt
wiceandr
eachedt
he

f
inal
once.Bynowt
hecompanyhadaf
ull
yfunct
ional
fooddepar
tment
.

I
I.

Themeansandmet
hodsempl
oyedbyt
hecompanywer
ekeptcompl
etel
ysecr
etand

t
hepl
ayer
swer
emadet
osi
gna99y
earnondi
scl
osur
eagr
eement
.In2000,Mr
.

Sumant
oHaj
ela,t
heI
ndi
anMi
nist
erf
orSpor
tsandI
nter
nat
ionalAf
fai
rs,appr
oached

Mr
.Laur
iet
ohel
poutwi
tht
heI
ndi
anHockeyTeam.PanAt
hlet
icai
ncor
por
ateda

whol
l
yownedsubsi
diar
yint
heCay
manI
slands(
Athl
eti
caAt
lant
ica)
,andAt
hlet
ica

Ganges ser
ved as a whol
l
yowned subsi
diar
yofAt
hlet
ica At
lant
ica i
nIndi
a.

Fol
l
owi
ng negot
iat
ions bet
ween Pan At
hlet
ica and t
he I
ndi
an Gov
ernment

her
( einaf
ter
,‘Gov
ernment
’)
,wher
einal
lthegov
ernment
’sconcer
nswer
etakencar
e

of
,thepar
ti
esent
eredi
ntoacont
ractonan‘
asi
swher
eisbasi
s’t
hrough‘
Athl
eti
ca

her
Ganges’( einaf
ter
,‘Company
’),i
n2003.TheCont
ractcont
ainedanAr
bit
rat
ion

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
I
X
-
Stat
ementofFact
s- -
Respondent
-

Cl
ause.Dur
ingt
henegot
iat
ions,
theCompanymadei
tcl
eart
hataspert
hiscont
ract
,

t
hegov
ernmentwoul
dnotbeal
l
owedt
ocompelt
heCompanyt
orev
eali
tsmeans

andmet
hods.Al
ongwi
tht
hiscont
ract
,member
soft
heI
ndi
anHockeyTeam wer
e

madet
osi
gnanagr
eementcont
aini
nganon-
discl
osur
ecl
ause.TheI
ndi
anHockey

Team f
aredwel
lbet
ween2002and2012.

I
II
.

I
n2003,t
heBr
azi
l
ianGov
ernmentdi
dnotr
e-si
gnwi
thAt
hlet
icaMachur
atheran

enqui
rywasl
aunchedt
olooki
ntot
hepr
act
icesoft
hecompanyandt
heenqui
ry

l
ast
edov
erf
ivey
ear
s.I
nFebr
uar
y2012,dur
ingt
hecel
ebr
ati
oni
nanaf
terpar
ty,a

dr
unkmemberoft
heI
ndi
anHockeycont
ingentr
eveal
edt
hesuccesst
othemagi
c

bi
scui
tst
hecompanygav
e.Thi
scausedupr
oari
nthecount
ry.Ahi
ghl
evelenqui
ry

wasl
aunchedbyt
heGov
ernment
,whi
l
eTheI
ndi
anHockeyFeder
ati
onengagedt
he

ser
vicesofapr
ivat
edet
ect
ivecompany
.TheI
ndi
anGov
ernmental
soi
nvokedt
he

Ar
bit
rat
ioncl
auseandser
vedanot
iceont
hecompany
.

I
V.

At
het
icaGangesf
il
edapet
it
ionf
ori
nter
imr
eli
ef,t
ost
opt
heGov
ernmentf
rom

br
eaki
ngt
hecont
ract
.TheDel
hiHi
ghCour
tadmi
tt
edt
hepet
it
ionanddur
ingt
he

cour
seofpr
oceedi
ngs,t
heAddl
.Sol
i
cit
orGener
alwhoappear
edbef
oret
heCour
t

gav
eanunder
taki
ngt
hatpendi
ngpr
operr
esol
uti
onoft
hei
ssuei
twoul
dnotbr
eak

t
hecont
ract
.Int
hemeant
imet
heBr
azi
l
li
anenqui
rywaspubl
i
shed,andr
ely
ingon

t
hatal
ocalBr
azi
l
li
anCour
thel
dAt
hel
eti
caMachut
obegui
l
tyofenv
ironment
al

v
iol
ati
onsandpay
ingsev
eralbr
ibes.TheUni
tedSt
atescommencedi
nvest
igat
ions

undert
heFor
eignCor
ruptPr
act
icesAct
,1977.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
X
-
Stat
ementofFact
s- -
Respondent
-

Bowi
ngt
oincr
easi
nggl
obalpr
essur
e,t
heI
ndi
anGov
ernmentr
esci
ndedt
hecont
ract

andt
ermi
nat
edal
loft
heCompany
’scont
ract
ual
obl
i
gat
ions.

V.

I
ntheongoi
ngAr
bit
rat
ionpr
oceedi
ngs,t
heAr
bit
rat
ort
ooknot
eoft
heabov
efact
s

al
ongwi
thBr
azi
l
ianj
udgment
,thei
nti
mat
ionoft
heU.
S.i
nvest
igat
ions,t
heWADA

gui
del
i
nesandquot
esal
laspect
sofI
ndi
anl
aw.TheGov
ernmentwasal
soabl
eto

pr
esentt
her
epor
toft
hepr
ivat
einv
est
igat
ors,whi
chr
eli
edonsev
eralemai
l
swhi
ch

was pr
ivi
l
eged communi
cat
ion and ex
cer
pts of t
he Br
azi
l
ian j
udgment
.The

Gov
ernmental
sopr
oducedt
heaf
fi
dav
itsoft
hepl
ayer
,SushantSi
nghLakkar
bagha.

Amongstt
heev
idencesubmi
tt
edf
orar
bit
rat
ion,t
her
ewer
eal
argenumberofe-

mai
l
swhi
chdeal
twi
thv
erysensi
ti
vei
nfor
mat
ionaboutt
hef
ormul
aoft
hef
oodand

nut
ri
ti
on pr
oduct
sadmi
nist
ered t
otheat
hlet
es,i
nfor
mat
ion ofbankA/
c’s,and

cer
tai
n communi
cat
ion whi
ch wer
e supposed t
o be l
awy
er-
cli
ent pr
ivi
l
eged

i
nfor
mat
ion. Al
l t
hese e-
mai
l
s wer
e f
orwar
ded by an e-
mai
l i
d

acev
ent
ura@panat
hel
eti
ca.
us.Thecompanywentonr
ecor
dtosayt
hatt
her
ewasno

per
soni
ntheempl
oyoft
hecompanybyt
henameofAceVent
ura.I
ntheaf
fi
dav
it

submi
tt
edbyt
heat
hlet
e,hespokeatl
engt
haboutt
hepr
ocedur
eoft
het
rai
ningand

t
hedi
et.TheCompanyr
aisedmanyobj
ect
ionst
othepr
ocedur
eoft
heconductoft
he

pr
oceedi
ngsandt
her
ulest
oev
idenceat
tached,buteachobj
ect
ionwasr
eject
ed.

TheCompanyal
sof
il
edaCi
vi
lCont
emptPet
it
ionagai
nstt
heGov
ernment
.

VI
.

Att
heendoft
hear
bit
rat
ion,
theawar
dhel
dthatt
hecompanywasi
ndeedengagedi
n

dopi
ngandt
hati
thadbot
hil
l
egalandunet
hicalmeanst
oadmi
nist
ert
het
eam.The

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
XI
-
Stat
ementofFact
s- -
Respondent
-

ar
bit
rat
orawar
dedunl
i
qui
dat
eddamagest
othet
uneof$1bi
l
li
ondol
l
arst
othe

Gov
ernment
.Aggr
iev
edbyt
hisawar
d,t
heCompanyappr
oachedt
heDel
hiHi
ghCour
t

i
nthei
nst
antpet
it
ion.Thecompanysubmi
tt
edt
hatt
heent
ir
ear
bit
rat
ionwasaf
arce

asi
nfor
mat
ionobt
ainedbyt
heRTIi
ndi
cat
edt
hatt
hedeci
siont
obr
eakt
hecont
ract

wasal
readyt
akenbyt
hemi
nist
erev
enbef
oret
hei
nter
imr
eli
efappl
i
cat
ion.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
XI
I
-
Quest
ionsPr
esent
ed- -
Respondent
-

QUESTI
ONSPRESENTED

Thef
oll
owi
ngquest
ionsar
epr
esent
edbef
oret
hecour
tint
hei
nst
antmat
ter
-

1.WHETHERTHERESPONDENTI
SJUSTI
FIEDI
NRESCI
NDI
NGTHECONTRACTANDI
NVOKI
NG

ARBI ON.
TRATI

2.WHETHERTHEARBI
TRALAWARDI
SLI DE.
ABLETOBESETASI

3.WHETHERTHERESPONDENTI
SGUI
LTYOFCI
VILCONTEMPTOFCOURT.

4.WHETHERTHERESPONDENTHASCOMMI
TTEDTHEOFFENSEOFPERJURY.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
XI
II
-
Summar
yofPl
eadi
ngs- -
Respondent
-

SUMMARYOFPLEADI
NGS

1.THERESPONDENTI
SJUSTI
FI N RESCI
EDI NGTHECONTRACTANDI
NDI NVOKI
NGARBI ON:
TRATI

The Respondentsubmi
tst
hatt
he cont
ractwas r
esci
nded due t
other
e bei
ng

mi
srepr
esent
ati
onofmat
eri
alf
act
sbyAt
hlet
icaGanges(“
TheCompany
”),aswel
l

ast
hecommi
ssi
onofof
fences.Thi
sgi
vesr
iset
oadi
sput
ewi
thr
egar
dtot
he

cont
ract
,and hence t
he Respondenti
sjust
if
ied i
ninv
oki
ng ar
bit
rat
ion.Thi
s

submi
ssi
oni
sthr
eef
old:Fi
rst
ly,t
heCompanydi
dnotmakenecessar
ydi
scl
osur
es.

Secondl
y,t
he Companyhasbeen i
nvol
ved i
nfi
nanci
ali
mpr
opr
iet
y.Thi
rdl
y,t
he

Respondenthasnotv
iol
atedt
heCompany
’st
radesecr
etr
ight
s.

2.THEARBI
TRALAWARDI ABLETOBESETASI
SNOTLI DE:

I
tishumbl
ysubmi
tt
ed t
hatt
heAwar
disnotl
i
abl
eto besetasi
deundert
he

pr
ovi
sionsofSect
ion34oft
heA&CAct
.Thi
ssubmi
ssi
oni
sthr
eef
old:Fi
rst
ly,The

Pet
it
ionerhasaccept
edt
hej
uri
sdi
cti
onoft
heAr
bit
rat
or.Secondl
y,TheAr
bit
rat
ori
s

t
hesol
ejudgeoft
heev
idence.Thi
rdl
y,TheAr
bit
rat
or’
svi
ew i
sinkeepi
ngwi
tht
he

Publ
i
cPol
i
cyofI
ndi
a.

3.WHETHERTHERESPONDENTI
SGUI
LTYOFCI
VILCONTEMPTOFCOURT.

I
tissubmi
tt
edt
otheHon’
bleCour
tthatt
her
espondenti
snotgui
l
tyofci
vi
lcont
empt

ofCour
t.Thi
sasser
ti
oni
stwof
old.Fi
rst
ly,t
hei
mpugnedor
deri
saconsentdecr
ee

andhencenoncompl
i
anceofor
derdoesnotamountt
ocont
emptofcour
t.Secondl
y,

t
her
espondenthasnotcommi
tt
edt
heof
fenceofcont
emptev
eni
fthedecr
eehas

bi
ndi
ngnat
ure.

4. WHETHERTHERESPONDENTGUI
LTYOFPERJURY.
I
tissubmit
tedtot
heHon’ bl
eCourtt
hatt
her espondenthasnotcommi
tt
edt
heactof

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
XI
V
-
Summar
yofPl
eadi
ngs- -
Respondent
-

per
jur
y.Respondenthasnotsubmi
tt
edanyf
alseev
idencet
her
eisal
soal
ackof

I
ntent
ionont
hepar
toft
her
espondent
.Hencer
espondenti
snotgui
l
tyofper
jur
y.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
XV
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

PLEADI
NGSANDAUTHORI
TIES

1.THE RESPONDENT I
S JUSTI
FI N RESCI
ED I NG THE CONTRACT AND I
NDI NVOKI
NG

ARBI ON:
TRATI

The Respondentsubmi
tst
hatt
he cont
ractwas r
esci
nded due t
other
e bei
ng

mi
srepr
esent
ati
onofmat
eri
alf
act
sbyAt
hlet
i her
caGanges( einaf
ter
,“TheCompany
”)

i
nent
eri
ngi
ntot
heagr
eement
,aswel
last
hecommi
ssi
onofof
fencesr
elat
ingt
o

f
inanci
ali
mpr
opr
iet
y.Thi
sgi
vesr
iset
oadi
sput
ewi
thr
egar
dtot
hecont
ract
,and

hencet
heRespondenti
sjust
if
iedi
nsubmi
tt
ingt
hemat
tert
othear
bit
rat
or.Thi
s

submi
ssi
oni
sthr
eef
old:Fi
rst
ly,t
heCompanydi
dnotmakenecessar
ydi
scl
osur
es.

Secondl
y,t
he Companyhas been i
nvol
ved i
nfi
nanci
ali
mpr
opr
iet
y.Thi
rdl
y,t
he

Respondenthasnotv
iol
atedt
heCompany
’st
radesecr
etr
ight
s.

1ThePet
1. it
ionerhasf
ail
edt
omakenecessar
ydi
scl
osur
est
otheRespondent
:
1
I
thasbeenhel
dbyt
heSupr
emeCour
t t
hat“
arepr
esent
ati
oni
sdeemedt
ohav
e

beenf
alseandt
her
efor
eami
srepr
esent
ati
on,i
fitwasatt
hemat
eri
aldat
efal
sei
n

subst
anceandi
nfact
.”TheCour
tal
soobser
vedt
hatSect
ion17oft
heCont
ractAct

def
inesf
raudasactcommi
tt
edbyapar
tyt
oacont
ractwi
thi
ntentt
odecei
ve

anot
her
.Fi
nal
l
y,t
heCour
trel
i
edont
hel
andmar
kjudgementont
hei nDer
ssuei ryv
.

Peek2 t
o det
ermi
ne t
hata “
fraud i
s pr
oved when i
tis shown t
hata f
alse

r
epr
esent
ati
onhasbeenmade(
1)knowi
ngl
y,or(
2)wi
thoutbel
i
efi
nit
str
uth,or(
3)

r
eckl
essl
y,car
elesswhet
heri
tbet
rueorf
alse.
”

1
Shr
ishtDhawanv
.M/
s.ShawBr
other
s,(
1992)1SCC534,
at¶20.
2
Der
ryv
.Peek,
 
(1889)14AppCas337.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-1-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

TheRespondenthumbl
ysubmi
tst
hataspert
hecont
ractnegot
iat
ionsent
eredi
nto

byt
het
wopar
ti
es,
theGov
ernmenthadcl
ear
lyexpr
essedi
tsconcer
nsr
egar
dingt
he

“
epi
sodes”i
nBr
azi
l
.Tof
aci
l
itat
econt
ractnegot
iat
ions,t
heGov
ernmenthadal
so

askedt
heCompanyt
osubmi
tanyper
ti
nenti
nfor
mat
ionont
hesedev
elopment
sand

t
hatt
hesameshal
lbeconsi
der
edundert
henecessar
ydi
scl
osur
est
obemadei
nthe

mat
ter
.Tot
hist
heCompanyr
epl
i
edon11-
03-
2003t
hatnot
hingwi
thr
egar
dtot
he

i
ssuewas‘
concr
ete’
.Iti
sal
soest
abl
i
shedf
actt
hatt
heBr
azi
l
ianGov
ernmenthad

deci
dednott
opur
sueanext
ensi
onoft
hePet
it
ioner
’scont
ractaf
ter2002,
andhadi
n

f
actl
aunchedani
nvest
igat
ion.Hence,t
heRespondentsubmi
tst
hatt
hePet
it
ioner
’s

st
ancet
hatnot
hingwi
thr
egar
dtot
hisi
ssuewas‘
concr
ete’mustbeconst
ruedasa

f
raudul
entmi
srepr
esent
ati
onasperSect
ion17oft
heCont
ractAct
.

Mor
eov
er,ev
eni
ncaset
hecont
ractwer
etobel
ookedatbyt
heRespondentonan

‘
asi
swher
eisbasi
s’
,theaccept
edl
egalpr
inci
plei
sthat“
asi
swher
eis”cannotbe
3
ext
endedt
oincl
udeev
enl
argedi
scr
epanci
es. Hence,ev
eni
ftheRespondenti
nthe

i
nst
antcasedi
dent
eri
ntot
hecont
ractonan‘
asi
swher
eisbasi
s’
,i
tdi
dnotmi
ti
gat
e
4
t
heobl
i
gat
ionoft
hePet
it
ionert
oactr
esponsi
bly
. TheRespondentasser
tst
hat

enqui
ri
esr
elat
ingt
oeconomi
ccr
imes,env
ironment
all
aw,anddopi
ngi
nBr
azi
ldi
d

amountt
o‘l
arge di
scr
epanci
es’t
hatt
he Pet
it
ionerwas obl
i
ged t
oinf
orm t
he

Gov
ernmentaboutaspert
heabov
elegal
precedent
.

TheRespondentav
erst
hat
,gi
vent
hef
raudul
entmi
srepr
esent
ati
onont
hepar
toft
he

Pet
it
ioner
,theRespondentwoul
dhav
etheopt
iont
oresci
ndt
hecont
ractandseek
3
Manj
uGupt
av.Del
hiDev
elopmentAut
hor
it
y,103(
2003)DLT776,
at¶13.
4
Bhagwat
iFoundat
ionv
.Commi
ssi
onerMCD,
Wri
tPet
it
ion(
C)Nos.146,
at¶415.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-2-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

damagest
hroughar
bit
rat
ion.Thi
sfal
l
sinl
i
newi
tht
her
easoni
ngoft
heSupr
eme
5
Cour
t.

2ThePet
1. it
ionerhasbeeni
nvol
vedi
nCr
imesofFi
nanci
alI
mpr
opr
iet
y:
6
ThePr
event
ion ofMoneyLaunder
ing Act l
aysdown t
hata moneyl
aunder
ing

of
fender‘
dir
ect
lyori
ndi
rect
lyat
tempt
stoi
ndul
gei
norknowi
ngl
yassi
stsi
nori
s

act
ual
l
yinv
olv
edi
nanypr
ocessoract
ivi
tyconnect
edwi
tht
hepr
oceedsofcr
imeand

pr
oject
ingi
tasunt
aint
edpr
oper
ty.
’Al
so,i
thasbeenest
abl
i
shedbyI
ndi
ancour
ts7

t
hatt
hebur
denofpr
oofr
equi
redt
opr
ovemensr
eai
neconomi
cof
fencesi
snott
hat

of‘
bey
ondr
easonabl
edoubt
’.I
nst
ead,cour
tshav
eimposedabur
denofnof
aul
t/

st
ri
ctl
i
abi
l
ityi
ncasesdeal
i
ngwi
theconomi
cof
fences.

TheRespondentsubmi
tst
hatt
hePet
it
ioner
’spar
entcompanyhasi
nthei
nst
ant

case,beenhel
dgui
l
tyofper
pet
rat
ingar
angeofi
l
legalact
ivi
ti
esi
nBr
azi
l
,incl
udi
ng
8
v
iol
ati
ons ofEnv
ironment
alLaw and Br
iber
y. Fur
ther
,iti
s asser
ted by t
he

Respondentt
hatnotonl
yhast
hepar
entcompanyest
abl
i
shedahol
dingcompanyi
n

t
heCay
manI
slands;buti
nal
ett
erdat
ed11-
03-
2003,t
hepr
omot
eroft
heCompany

st
ated,“
Yousee,wewant
edt
obesur
ethatal
lthef
inanci
alt
ransact
ionsoft
he
9
Companyar
edi
scr
eetandhandl
edpr
oper
lyi
,fy
ouknowwhatwemean.
” Fi
nal
l
y,i
tis

5
GangaRet
reat&Tower
sLt
d.v
.St
ateofRaj
ast
han,
(2003)12SCC91,
at¶24.
6
ThePr
event
ionofMoneyLaunder
ingAct
,2002,
§3.
7
Thi
rupat
hyKumarKhemkav
.CI
T,(
2007)210CTR(
Mad)287,
at¶4.
6;R.
S.Joshiv
.Aj
i
tMi
l
lsLt
d,
(
1977)4SCC98,
at¶20.
8
FactSheet
,at¶12.
9
FactSheet
,Annexur
eTwo.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-3-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

not
ewor
thyt
hatt
hePet
it
ionerCompanyhasnoasset
slocat
edi
nI a10,
ndi soi
tcanbe

r
easonabl
yinf
err
edt
hatt
hecapi
talf
ori
tst
ransact
ionsi
srout
edt
oitt
hrought
he

Cay
man I
slandsHol
ding Company
.Based on t
he abov
efact
s,t
heRespondent

submi
tst
hatt
he Pet
it
ionerhas been i
nvol
ved i
n moneyl
aunder
ing,and si
nce

act
ivi
ti
escont
rar
ytoI
ndi
anl
aw ar
ebei
ngcommi
tt
edi
npur
suancewi
thobl
i
gat
ions
11
ar
isi he‘
ngoutoft standar
dcont
ract
’ ,i
tist
heRespondent
’ssubmi
ssi
ont
hatt
he

Gov
ernmenti
sent
it
ledt
oresci
ndt
hecont
ract
,andr
efercont
ract
ualdi
sput
est
othe

Ar
bit
rat
or.

3TheRespondenthasnotv
1. iol
atedt
heCompany
’st
radesecr
etr
ight
s:

I
nfor
mat
ion,i
ncl
udi
ng a f
ormul
a,pat
ter
n,compi
l
ati
on,pr
ogr
am dev
ice,met
hod,
12
t
echni
queorpr
ocesscanconst
it
utet
radesecr
etei
fitqual
i
fiest
hreeot
hercr
it
eri
a.

Secondl
y,t
hei
nfor
mat
ionhascommer
cialv
alue.Thi
rdl
y,i
thasbeensubj
ectt
o

r
esponsi
blest
epsundert
heci
rcumst
ancesbyt
heper
sonl
awf
ull
yincont
roloft
he

i
nfor
mat
ion,t
okeepi
tsecr
et.Onceat
radesecr
eti
sav
ail
abl
einpubl
i
cdomai
nthen
13
i
thasl
ostt
hest
atusaswel
last
hepr
otect
ion.

I
nthei
nst
antcase,t
hei
nfor
mat
iont
hatwast
her
eint
heemai
l
sthatwer
epr
oduced

i
nfr
ontoft
hear
bit
rat
ordi
dnotconst
it
utet
radesecr
etast
hati
nfor
mat
ionwas

av
ail
abl
eint
hepubl
i
cdomai
n.Af
tert
heBr
azi
l
ianj
udgement
,thet
rai
ning,f
oodand

10
FactSheet
,Annex
ureTwo.
11
FactSheet
,Annex
ureTwo.
12
I
ndi
anI
nnov
ati
onBi
l
l,Sect
ion2(
3)Cocov
; .A.
N.Cl
arkLt
d,[ ThomasMar
1969]RPC41; shal
lv.
Gui
nle, HouseofSpr
[1979]1Ch237; ingGar
densPoi
ntBl
ank,
[1983]FSR213.
13
Konr
adWi
edemannGmbhv
.St
andar
dCast
ingsPv
t.Lt
d, 
[1985](
10)I Sal
PLR243; tmanEng'
gCo.
Lt
d.v
.Campbel
lEng'
gCo.Lt
d.,
[1948]65RPC203.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-4-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

nut
ri
ti
onusedbyt
hecompanyhascomet
opubl
i
cdomai
nthr
ought
hej
udgement

and hence l
ostt
he st
atus oft
rade secr
et.Ther
efor
ethe gov
ernmenthas not

br
eachedt
heconf
idenceoft
hecompany
.Byi
mpl
i
cat
ion,t
hegov
ernmenthasnot

br
eachedt
hecont
ract
.

2 THEARBI
TRALAWARDI ABLETOBESETASI
SNOTLI DE:

Thi
sCour
thasr
ecogni
zedt
hat‘
thel
awwi
thr
espectt
ochal
l
enget
oanAwar
dunder

Sect
ion 
34 
oft
heAr
bit
rat
ion 
andConci
l
iat
ionAct her
,1996( einaf
ter
,“TheA&CAct
”)

i
snow wel
lset
tl
ed.AnAwar
dcanbechal
l
engedonl
yift
hesamei
sagai
nstt
he

cont
ract
ualpr
ovi
sionsori
sil
l
egalori
sso per
ver
set
hati
tshockst
hej
udi
ci
al
14
consci
ence.
’Iti
snot
ewor
thyt
hatl
awsgov
erni
ngAr
bit
rat
ion,
int
ernat
ional
l
y aswel
l

asi
nIndi
a,t
il
tthebal
ancei
nfav
ouroff
inal
i
tyoft
heAr
bit
ralAwar
d.Thi
sisi
n
15
r
ecogni
ti he‘
onoft Pri
nci
pleofPar
tyAut
onomy
’thatgov
ernst
hel
awofAr
bit
rat
ion.

Fur
ther
,iti
ssubmi
tt
edbyt
heRespondentt
hati
tisawel
lest
abl
i
shedpr
inci
pleofl
aw

t
hatwhi
l
eadj
udi
cat
ingapet
it
iont
osetasi
deanar
bit
ralawar
d,t
heCour
tcannot
16
subst
it
utei
tsownev
aluat
ioni
nst
eadoft
hatoft
heAr
bit
rat
or. Oncei
tisf
oundt
hat

t
hev
iew oft
hear
bit
rat
ori
sapl
ausi
bleone,t
hecour
tshal
lref
rai
nit
sel
ffr
om
17
i
nter
fer
ingwi
tht
heawar
d.

Basedont
hesepr
esumpt
ions,
theRespondentsubmi
tst
hatt
heAr
bit
ralAwar
disnot

14
UNCI
TRALModel
Law,
Art
icl
e5.
15
OPMal
hot
raandI
nduMal
hot
ra,
‘TheLawandPr
act
iceofAr
bit
rat
ionandConci
l
iat
ion’
,Lexi
sNexi
s
But
ter
woer
thsWadhwa,
Gur
gaon(
2006)
,atpg.1086.
16
Sudar
sanTr
adi
ngCo.v
.Gov
ernmentofKer
ala,
(1989)2SCC38,
at¶31.
17
St
ateofUt
tarPr
adeshv
.Al
l
iedConst
ruct
ions,
(2003)7SCC396, Rasht
at¶4; ri
yaI
spatNi
gam v
.
DewanChandRam Sar
an,
(2012)5SCC306,
at¶
29.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-5-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

l
i
abl
etobesetasi
deundert
hepr
ovi
sionsofSect
ion34oft
heA&C Act
.Thi
s

submi
ssi
onoft
heRespondenti
sat
hreef
ol Fi
done: r
stl
y,ThePet
it
ionerhasaccept
ed

t
hej
uri
sdi
cti
onoft
heAr
bit
rat
or.Secondl
y,TheAr
bit
rat
ori
sthesol
ejudgeoft
he

qual
i
tyandquant
it
yofev
idence.Thi
rdl
y,TheAr
bit
rat
or’
svi
ewi
sinkeepi
ngwi
tht
he

Publ
i
cPol
i
cyofI
ndi
a.

1ThePet
2. it
ionerhasaccept
edt
hej
uri
sdi
cti
onoft
heAr
bit
rat
or:

TheA&CActl
aysdownt
hatanar
bit
ralawar
dmaybesetasi
dei
ftheawar
ddeal
s

wi
thadi
sput
enotcont
empl
atedornotf
all
i
ngwi
thi
nthet
ermsoft
hesubmi
ssi
ont
o
18
ar
bit
rat
ion. Sect
ion16oft
heA&CActf
urt
herl
aysdownal
egi
slat
iveaccept
anceof

he ‘
t kompet
enz-
kompet
enz’ pr
inci
ple,t
her
eby decl
ari
ng t
he Ar
bit
ralTr
ibunal
19
compet
entt
orul
eoni
tsownj
uri
sdi
cti
on.

nS.
I N.Mal
hot
rav
.Ai
rpor
tAut
hor
it
yofI a20,
ndi adi
vi
sionbenchoft
hisCour
thel
dthat

Sect
ions16and34oft
heA&CActneedt
ober
eadt
oget
heri
ndeal
i
ngwi
thapet
it
ion

f
orset
ti
ngasi
deofanar
bit
ralawar
d.TheCour
tint
hiscaser
eli
edonpr
ecedentl
aid
21
downbyt
heSupr
emeCour
t toest
abl
i
sht
hati
ntheabsenceofanobj
ect
ionSect
ion

16oft
heA&CActbei
ngr
aisedbef
oret
hear
bit
ralt
ri
bunalr
egar
dingt
het
ri
bunal
’
s

j
uri
sdi
cti
on;t
hepar
tywai
vest
her
ightt
omakesuchanappealagai
nstt
het
ri
bunal
’
s

j
uri
sdi
cti
onbef
oret
heCour
tunderSect
ion34oft
heA&CAct
.

I
ntheabov
ement
ionedcases,t
hepar
ti
esseeki
ngt
osetasi
det
heawar
dhadnot

18
TheAr
bit
rat
ionandConci
l
iat
ionAct
,1996,
§34(
2)(
a)(
iv)
.
19
TheAr
bit
rat
ionandConci
l
iat
ionAct
,1996,
§16.
20
S.
N.Mal
hot
rav
.Ai
rpor
tAut
hor
it
yofI
ndi
a,2008(
2)ARBLR76(
Del
hi)
,at¶8.
21
Kr
ishnaBhagy
aJal
aNi
gam Lt
d.v
.Har
ishchandr
aReddy
,AI
R2007SC817,
at¶7.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-6-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

r
aisedobj
ect
ionst
othear
bit
ralt
ri
bunal
’
sjur
isdi
cti
onbef
oret
het
ri
bunali
tsel
fasper

Sect
ion16oft
heA&CAct
.Inf
act
,int
hesecases,t
hesepar
ti
eshadsubmi
tt
edt
o

ar
bit
rat
ion,andhaddi
rect
lyr
aisedt
hej
uri
sdi
cti
onalchal
l
engebef
oret
heCour
t.I
n

suchascenar
io,I
ndi
anCour
tshav
ehel
dthatt
hepar
ti
eshav
ewai
vedt
hei
rri
ghtt
o

r
aiseaj
uri
sdi
cti
onalchal
l
enge.I
nthi
scase,At
hlet
icaGangeshasnotr
aisedany

j
uri
sdi
cti
onalchal
l
engebef
oret
hear
bit
rat
orhi
msel
f.Thus,i
tissubmi
tt
edbyt
he

Respondentt
hatt
hePet
it
ionerhaswai
vedi
tsr
ightt
ochal
l
enget
heAr
bit
rat
or’
s

j
uri
sdi
cti
on.Hence,t
hepet
it
iont
osetasi
det
heawar
dunderSect
ion34(
2)(
a)(
iv)

shoul
dnotbeent
ert
ained.

1TheAr
2. bit
rat
ori
sthesol
ejudgeofqual
i
tyandquant
it
yofEv
idencesubmi
tt
ed:

22
nBSNLv
I .BWLI
ndust
ri
esLt
d. t
heCour
tnot
edt
hatt
heA&CActof1996hasgone

ast
epf
urt
hert
hant
heActof1940i
nempower
ingt
hear
bit
rat
or.I
twasobser
vedt
hat

t
hear
bit
rat
orshal
lbet
hesol
ejudgeoft
hequal
i
tyandquant
it
yofev
idence,
andt
hat

t
heCour
tshal
lnotbedr
awni
ntor
e-appr
aisi
ngt
heev
idence.I
thasbeenr
easoned

t
hatt
hepar
ti
eshav
esel
ect
edt
hei
rownf
orum andt
hat
,indoi
ngso,t
heyhav
e
23
concededt
hepowerofappr
aisementoft
heev
idencet
othear
bit
rat
or.

I
nthei
nst
antcase,
thepar
ti
eshadagr
eedt
hatt
hePr
ocedur
eofar
bit
rat
ionwoul
dbe

deci
deddur
ingt
hear
bit
rat
ion.Fur
ther
mor
e,t
hePet
it
ioner
’scl
aimswi
thr
egar
dtot
he
24
r
ulesofev
idencehav
eal
readybeenl
ookedi
ntoandr
eject
edbyt
hear
bit
rat
or.

Hence,i
tissubmi
tt
edt
hatt
heAr
bit
rat
orhasal
readyconsi
der
edt
hequal
i
tyand
22
BSNLv
s.BWLI
ndust
ri
esPv
t.Lt
d.,
O.M.
P.415/
2003,
at¶5.
23
Muni
cipalCor
por
ati
onofDel
hiv
.JaganNat
hAshok,
(1987)4SCC497.
24
FactSheet
,at¶14.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-7-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

quant
it
yofev
idencei
ndet
ermi
ningt
hear
bit
ralawar
d.TheRespondentsubmi
tst
hat

t
he af
orement
ioned l
egalpr
inci
ples l
i
mitt
he scope oft
he Cour
tin appr
aisi
ng

ev
idence.

1. TheAr
bit
rat
or’
svi
ewi
sinkeepi
ngwi
tht
hePubl
i
cPol
i
cyofI
ndi
a:

nONGCv
I pes25(
.SawPi her
einaf
ter
,“TheSawPi
pesCase”
),i
twashel
dbyt
heCour
t

t
hati
naddi
ti
ont
othegr
oundsl
aiddowni
ntheRenusagarCase26,t
heCour
tcanset

asi
deanawar
dwheni
tfi
ndst
hatt
heawar
dwas‘
pat
ent
lyi
l
legal
’
.

I
ntheSawPi
pesj
udgement
,theCour
thadhel
dmeani
ngofPat
entI
ll
egal
i
tyt
omean

“
thei
l
legal
i
tymustgot
other
ootoft
hemat
terandi
fil
l
egal
i
tywasofat
ri
vi
alnat
ure,

i
tcannotbehel
dthatt
heawar
disagai
nstt
hepubl
i
cpol
i
cy.Theawar
dcoul
dbeset
27
asi
dei
fiti
ssounf
airorunr
easonabl
ethati
tshakest
heconsci
enceoft
heCour
t.
”

Mor
eov
er,
sincet
heSawPi
pesCase,
theCour
tsi
nIndi
ahav
egi
venav
eryr
est
ri
cti
ve
28
meani
ngt
opat
enti
l
legal
i
ty,
inanat
temptt
omi
nimi
zet
heef
fectoft
hej
udgement
.

I
nthei
nst
antcase,howev
er,t
heRespondentsubmi
tst
hatnoneoft
hecondi
ti
ons

pr
ecedentar
esat
isf
ied.I
nor
dert
osubst
ant
iat
ethi
sasser
ti
on,
theRespondentshal
l

dealwi
thi
tinat
wo-
pr .Fi
ongedmanner rst
ly,
Thest
andar
dofpr
oofr
equi
redi
ncases

ofspor
tsdopi
ngi
snotashi
ghas‘
proofbey
ondr
easonabl
edoubt
’.Secondl
y,t
he

ev
idencesubmi
tt
edbef
oret
hear
bit
rat
ormakest
heawar
da‘
plausi
ble’one,t
her
eby

negat
ingt
heneedf
orCour
tint
erf
erence.

25
ONGCv
.SawPi
pes,
(2003)5SCC705.
26
RenusagarPv
t.Co.Lt
d.v
.Gener
alEl
ect
ri
cCo.
,1994Supp(
1)SCC644.
27
Supr
aNot
e25,
at¶16.
28
BWLLt
d.v
.MTNL,
2007(
4)ARBLR398(
Del
hi)
.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-8-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

2.
3.1.TheBur
denofPr
ooft
obedi
schar
gedi
soneof‘
Comf
ort
abl
eSat
isf
act
ion’
:

TheCour
tofAr
bit
rat
ioni
nSpor
t,i
nit
slandmar
kdecr
eei
nN.
,J.
,Y.
,W.v NA29,
s.FI

hel
dthatt
hest
andar
dofpr
oofappl
i
cabl
einpr
ovi
ngaCaseofdopi
ngi
nspor
tisnot

t
he hi
gh st
andar
d of‘
proofbey
ond r
easonabl
e doubt
’thati
s used i
n cr
imi
nal

j
uri
spr
udence,butmer
elyonet
hatsat
isf
iest
heal
l
egat
ionst
othe‘
Comf
ort
abl
e

Sat
isf
act
ion’oft
hehear
ingbody
.Thi
sst
andar
dofpr
oofhasal
sobeenadopt
ed
30
undert
heWor
ldAnt
iDopi
ngAgency
’ her
sCode( einaf
ter
,“t
heWADA Code”
) i
n

deal
i
ng wi
th ant
i-
dopi
ng r
ulev
iol
ati
ons.Mor
eov
er,t
he st
andar
d has al
so been

adopt
ed i
nIndi
a byt
he r
evi
sed Ant
i-
Dopi
ng Rul
es oft
he Nat
ionalAnt
i-
Dopi
ng
31
Agency her
( einaf
ter
,“t
heNADARul
es”
),whi
chhav
ebeenadopt
edi
nconf
ormance

wi
tht
heWADACode.Ther
efor
e,i
tisconsi
der
edar
uleofcust
om i
nInt
ernat
ional
32
Spor
ts Law. I
n pur
suance wi
tht
his wel
lest
abl
i
shed pr
inci
ple ofspor
tsl
aw

j
uri
spr
udence,t
heRespondenthassubmi
tt
edt
heWADA gui
del
i
nesandr
elev
ant
33
aspect
sofI
ndi
anl
awf
orper
usal
byt
hear
bit
rat
or .

Basedont
heabov
elaw,t
heRespondentasser
tst
hati
nadj
udi
cat
ingwhet
hert
he

awar
disl
i
abl
etobesetasi
deont
hegr
oundsofi
tconf
li
cti
ngwi
tht
hepubl
i
cpol
i
cy

ofI
ndi
a,t
heCour
tmustl
ookatt
hear
bit
ralawar
dthr
ought
hepr
ism ofwhet
hert
he

bur
denof‘
Comf
ort
abl
eSat
isf
act
ionoft
hehear
ingbody(
i.
e.t
hear
bit
rat
or)
’hasbeen

29
N.
,J.
,Y.
,W.
,v.FI
NA,
CAS98/
208,
at¶13.
30
TheWor
ldAnt
i-
Dopi
ngCode,
2009,
atAr
ti
cle3.
1.
31
TheAnt
i-
Dopi
ngRul
es,
TheNat
ional
Ant
iDopi
ngAgency
,Indi
a,atAr
ti
cle3.
1.
32
JamesA.
R.Naf
ziger
,Ci
‘ r
cumst
ant
ialEv
idenceofDopi
ng:BALCOandBey
ond’
,16Mar
q.Spor
tsL.
Rev
.45(
2005)
.
33
Fact
sheetat¶14.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-9-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

di
schar
ged,andnotwhet
hert
heal
l
egat
ionscoul
dbepr
ovedbey
ondr
easonabl
e

doubt
.

2.
3.2TheAwar
d,basedont
heev
idencesubmi
tt
ed,
isa‘
plausi
ble’
one:

TheRespondentsubmi
tst
hatt
heposi
ti
onofl
awi
nrel
ati
ont
oev
idenceadmi
ssi
ble

undercasesper
tai
ning t
o ant
i-
dopi
ng r
ulev
iol
ati
ons,especi
all
ywher
ethedr
ug

admi
nist
eredi
s‘di
ff
icul
ttodet
ect
’,al
l
owsf
ort
headmi
ssi
bil
i
tyofCi
rcumst
ant
ial
34
ev
idenceasopposedt
omer
elydopet
estr
esul
ts. Mor
eov
er,t
heWADACodebans

genedopi
ngasapr
ohi
bit
edpr
act
iceundert
he2012Pr
ohi
bit
edLi
st,
whi
chhasbeen
35
accept
edbyt
heNADA. Al
so,
iti
swel
lknownt
hatgenedopi
ng,
ashasbeencar
ri
ed
36
outbyt
hePet
it
ioneri
nthei
nst
antcase,
isdi
ff
icul
ttodet
ect
.

I
nthei
nst
antcase,t
heRespondentsubmi
tst
hatt
her
eisenoughci
rcumst
ant
ial

ev
idencei
nthef
orm ofdocument
s,i
nter
nalr
ecor
dsoft
hecompany
,andt
est
ament
s

gi
ven by t
he pl
ayer
sto cor
robor
atet
he al
l
egat
ions agai
nstt
he company of
37
commi
tt
ingant
i-
dopi
ngr
ulev
iol
ati
onsasperAr
ti
cle2oft
heNADARul
es. I
nthi
s

l
i
ght
,iti
ssubmi
tt
edt
hatt
hear
bit
rat
or’
sfi
ndi
ngswi
thr
egar
dtospeci
fi
cof
fences

i
ncl
udi
ng t
raf
fi ng38,and t
cki he admi
nist
eri
ng or at
tempt
ed admi
nist
eri
ng of

per
for
manceenhanci ugs39 ar
ngdr ejust
if
ied.Thi
svi
ew i
sfur
thersubst
ant
iat
edby

34
USADAv
.G.
,CAS2004/
O/ USADAv
649; .M.andI
AAF,
CAS2004/
O/ I
645;ndi
ctment
,Uni
tedSt
ates
v
.Cont
e,(
N.D.Cal
.2004)
.
35
The2012Pr
ohi
bit
edLi
stI
nter
nat
ional
Standar
d,TheWor
ldAnt
i-
Dopi
ngCode,
atM3.
36
Supr
anot
e32.
37
TheAnt
i-
Dopi
ngRul
es,
TheNat
ional
Ant
iDopi
ngAgency
,Indi
a,atAr
ti
cle2.
38
TheAnt
i-
Dopi
ngRul
es,
TheNat
ional
Ant
iDopi
ngAgency
,Indi
a,atAr
ti
cle2.
7.
39
TheAnt
i-
Dopi
ngRul
es,
TheNat
ional
Ant
iDopi
ngAgency
,Indi
a,atAr
ti
cle2.
8.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-10-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

casesar
isi
ngoutoft BALCOCont
he‘ rov
ersy
’,wher
eint
heCASandt
heUSDi
str
ict

Cour
tofNor
ther
nCal
i
for
niar
eli
edonsi
mil
arci
rcumst
ant
ialev
idencet
oest
abl
i
sh
40
gui
l
toft
hepar
ti
es.

Thus,i
tissubmi
tt
edbyt
heRespondentt
hatt
hear
bit
rat
orhascar
ri
edoutaj
ust

ev
aluat
ionoft
heev
idencepr
esent
ed. Thi
ssubmi
ssi
oni
sdeal
twi
thundert
he

f
oll
owi
ngheadsofev
idencet
hatwer
eadmi
nist
eredi
nthear
bit
ral
proceedi
ngs:

a.Val
i
dit
yoft
heemai
l
spr
oducedbyt
hegov
ernment
.

Pr
ivat
eint
erestofapar
tyi
snotsuf
fi
cientwar
rantf
ordeni
alofappl
i
cat
ionont
he
41
basi
sofconf
ident
ial
i
ty. nNor
I wichPhar
macalCov
.Commi
ssi
oner
sofCust
oms&

se42,i
Exci twashel
dt publ
hat‘ i
cint
erest
’mustbet
hecr
it
eri
onbywhi
chEqui
ty

det
ermi
nes whet
heri
twi
l
lpr
otecti
nfor
mat
ion whi
ch an i
ndi
vi
dualcl
aims as
43
conf
ident
ial
.

I
nthei
nst
antcase,publ
i
cint
erestofdoi
ngj
ust
iceov
erwei
ghst
heconf
ident
ial
i
ty

cl
aim oft
hepet
it
ioner
.Theemai
l
sfor
m par
tofr
elev
antf
act
sandhencef
orm

document
aryev
idencei
nor
dert
oat
tai
njust
icei
nthi
scaseandt
her
efor
eshoul
dbe

consi
der
ed.

I
nAr
guendo,I
ndi
anEv
idenceAct
,1872per
mit
s‘r
elev
ance’ofev
idenceast
heonl
y

40
Supr
anot
e34.
41
I
ntheMat
teroft
heAppl
i
cat
ionofFeder
ati
onI
nter
nat
ional
edeBasket
bal
lforaSubpoenaPur
suant
28U.
S.C.
S 1782asci
tedi
nPat
ri
ckK.Thor
nt Spor
on,‘ tsLaw’
,JonesandBar
tl
ettPubl
i
sher
s,
(
Bost
on)(
2011)
.
42
[ Cast
1974]AC113at189; rolAust
ral
i
anPt
yLt
dv.EmTechAssoci
atedPt
yLt
d,(
1980)51FLR184.
43
Thesamewasal
souphel
dinAt
tor
neyGener
alv
.Guar
dianNewspaper
sLt
d[1988]AI
IER545;
Moor
gat
eTobaccoCoLt
dv.Phi
l
ipsMor
ri
sLt
d,[ IER341;I
1991]AI nit
ialSer
vicesLt
dv.Puet
eri
l
s,
[
1968]1QB396.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-11-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

44
t
estofadmi
ssi
bil
i
tyofev
idence. TheCour
tshav
etakenav
iewt
hatt
her
eisnol
aw
45
t
hatexcl
udesev
idenceont
hegr
oundt
hati
twasobt
ainedi
l
legal
l
y. TheSupr
eme

Cour
thassai
dt I
hat“twi
l
lbewr
ongt
oinv
oket
hesupposedspi
ri
tofourConst
it
uti
on

f
orexcl
udi
ngsuchev
idence.I
t,t
her
efor
e,f
oll
owst
hatnei
therbyi
nvoki
ngt
hespi
ri
tof

ourConst
it
uti
onnorbyast
rai
nedconst
ruct
ionofanyoft
hef
undament
alr
ight
scan
46
wespel
loutt
heexcl
usi
onofev
idenceobt
ainedonani
l
legalsear
ch.
” pr
The‘ i
vi
lege’

oft
hecl
i
ent
stot
hecommuni
cat
ionwi
thl
awy
eronl
yext
endst
onondi
scl
osur
eby
47
l
awy
erorany ofhi
s subor
dinat
es. Thi
s pr
ivi
l
ege does notputa baron

consi
der
ati
onoft
heev
idencei
fthesamei
spr
ocur
edbymeansot
hert
hant
he
48
l
awy
erorhi
ssubor
dinat
e.

I
nthegi
venf
act
s,t
heemai
l
shav
ebeenpr
oducedt
hroughi
l
legalmet
hods,howev
er

t
heyst
il
lconst
it
utesev
idenceandar
eadmi
ssi
blei
nthecour
tofl
aw.Theemai
l
s

wer
epr
oducedi
nfr
ontoft
hear
bit
rat
orbyt
hepr
ivat
einv
est
igat
or.Ther
eisnot
hing

i
nthef
actsheett
osuppor
tthatt
hel
awy
erdi
scl
osedi
ttohi
m di
rect
lyori
ndi
rect
ly.

Ther
efor
ecompanycannotcl
aim pr
otect
ionagai
nstsuchev
idence.

b.Val
i
dit
yoft
hef
orei
gnj
udgmentpr
oducedbyt
hegov
ernment
.

Thear
bit
rat
orhasexer
cisedt
hedi
scr
eti
onast
othel
awsofev
idence.Hehasr
eli
ed

44
TheI
ndi
anEv
idenceAct
, §5.
1872,
45
Shy
niVar
ghesevSt
ate(
Gov
t.ofNCTofDel
hi)
,(2008)147DLT691(
Del
);M.
P.Shar
mav
.Sat
ish
Chandr
a,AI St
R1954SC300; at
eofM.
P.v
.RameshC.
Shar
ma,(
2005)12SCC628;R.
M.Mal
kaniv
.
St
ateofMahar
asht
ra,
( St
1973)1SCC471; at
e(NCTofDel
hi)v
.Nav
jotSandhu,
(2005)
11SCC600.
46
Poor
anMalv
.Di
rect
orofI
nspect
ion(
Inv
est
igat
ion)
,(1974)1SCC345,
364,
par
a23
47
TheI
ndi
anEv
idenceAct
,1872,
§127
48
I
d.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-12-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

ont
hef
orei
gnj
udgementcor
rect
ly.Thef
act
soft
hecasewhenanal
ysedcl
ear
ly

showst
hatt
hecompanyhasusedt
hesamepr
act
icest
oenhancet
heper
for
mance

oft
hepl
ayer
sasdonebyt
hesubsi
diar
yinBr
azi
l
.Thi
scanbeconst
ruedf
rom t
he

f
actt
hatt
hecompanywasi
mpor
ti
ngr
arebact
eri
athatwasav
ail
abl
einAmazon

j
ungl
eandt
heonei
ntheHi
mal
ayast
oNepal
.Ther
esear
chst
ati
oni
nNepalwas

used t
ofuse t
he DNA oft
he t
wo and f
orm a genet
ical
l
ymodi
fi
ed or
gani
sm.

Pr
esumpt
ionl
i
esi
nfav
ouroft
hear
bit
r d49,soi
alawar tmustbeassumedt
hatt
he

ar
bit
rat
orwoul
dhav
ecor
robor
atedt
hisi
nfor
mat
ionwi
tht
hei
nfor
mat
ionoft
he

f
ormul
aoff
oodpr
esenti
ntheemai
l
s.Thear
bit
rat
orhasr
eli
edont
heseev
idencest
o

awar
ddamagest
othegov
ernment
.Ther
efor
eitcanbei
nfer
redt
hatt
heAt
hlet
ica

Gangeshasusedt
hesamegenet
ical
l
ymodi
fi
edbact
eri
aandhencei
sli
abl
efor

dopi
ng.

I
nAr
guendo,
acer
ti
fi
edcopyofaf
orei
gnj
udgmentbyt
heor
igi
nall
egalkeeperwi
tha
50
cer
ti
fi
cat
ebyt
heI
ndi
anConsuli
sadmi
ssi
blei
nthecour
tofl
aw. Thepr
esumpt
ion

l
i
esi
nfav
ouroft
hej
udgmenti
ftheopposi
ti
onhasnotr
aisedanyobj
ect
ionast
oit
s
51
cont
ent
.

I
nthegi
venf
act
sther
eisnoobj
ect
ionr
aisedast
othecont
entoft
her
elev
antpar
ts

oft
hej
udgment
.Secondl
y,t
hef
act
sar
esi
l
entont
hei
ssueofi
tbei
ngcer
ti
fi
ed.

Hencet
hear
bit
rat
orhascor
rect
lyr
eli
edont
hej
udgment
.

49
St
ateofUt
tarPr
adeshv
.Al
l
iedConst
ruct
ions,(
2003)7SCC396,at¶4;Rasht
ri
yaI
spatNi
gam v
.
DewanChandRam Sar
an,
(2012)5SCC306,
at¶
29.
50
TheI
ndi
anEv
idenceAct
,1872,§.78(
6)
51
TheI
ndi
anEv
idenceAct
,1872, Badat&Cov
§86; .EastI
ndi
aTr
adi
ngCo,
AIR1964SC538

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-13-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

c.Val
i
dit
yoft
heaf
fi
dav
itoft
hepl
ayer
.

52
Ar
bit
rat
ori
snotboundbyt
hel
awofev
idenceofI
ndi
a. Obj
ect
ionast
omannerof

adduci
ngev
idencei
samat
terofpr
ocedur
eandi
tisanest
abl
i
shedpr
inci
plet
hat

par
ti
est
oar
bit
rat
ionhav
esel
ect
edt
hei
rownf
orum andt
hati
ndoi
ngso,t
heyhav
e
53
concededt
hepowerofappr
aisementoft
heev
idencet
othear
bit
rat
or. Theaf
fi
dav
it
54
i
nquest
iongi
vescor
robor
ati
veev
idenceoft
her
elev
antf
act
s. I
nthegi
venf
act
s,

t
hecompanyhasnotchal
l
engedt
hecont
entoft
heaf
fi
dav
it.Ther
efor
eaf
fi
dav
it

cont
aini
ngr
elev
antf
act
sshoul
dbet
akeni
ntoaccountbyt
hear
bit
rat
orasi
tgi
ves

r
elev
antev
idenceast
othemannerofdopi
ngandot
herpr
ocedur
est
akenupbyt
he

companyf
orenhanci
ngt
heper
for
manceoft
hepl
ayer
s.Hencehi
srel
i
anceont
he

af
fi
dav
iti
sval
i
d.

Basedonal
ltheabov
elaw,t
heRespondent
ssubmi
tthatt
hear
bit
rat
or’
svi
ew i
s

‘
plausi
ble’
,andhence,
notl
i
abl
etobesetasi
de.

2.TheRespondenti
snotGui
l
tyofCi
vi
lCont
emptofCour
t.

I
tissubmi
tt
edt
hatt
her
espondenti
snotgui
l
tyofcont
empt
.Thi
sasser
ti
oni
s

t
wof
old.Fi
rst
ly,
theor
deri
saconsentdecr
eeandhencenoncompl
i
anceoft
heor
der

i
snotcont
emptofcour
t.Secondl
y,t
her
espondenthasnotcommi
tt
edt
heof
fenceof

cont
emptev
eni
fthedecr
eehasbi
ndi
ngnat
ure.

1.Thei
3. mpugnedor
deri
saconsentdecr
ee.

I
nacaseofconsentdecr
eepassedbyacour
t,di
sobedi
enceoft
heunder
taki
ng
52
TheAr
bit
rat
ionAndConci
l
iat
ionAct
,1996,
§19
53
Muni
cipalCor
por
ati
onofDel
hiv
.JaganNat
hAshok,
(1987)4SCC497.
54
TheI
ndi
anEv
idenceAct
,1872,
§156

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-14-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

55
r
ecor
dedi
nthedecr
eegi
venbyapar
tyt
otheot
herdoesnotamountt
ocont
empt
.

Consentdecr
eei
sint
henat
ureofasol
emn 
cont
ract
 oft
hepar
ti
es,madeunder
56
t
he 
sanct
ion 
oft
hecour
twi
thamut
ualconsentoft
hepar
ti
es. I
nthegi
venf
act
s,

t
heor
deroft
hecour
tisf
ormedbyt
heconsentoft
hepar
ti
esandi
sinnat
ureofa

cont
ractt
o per
for
m t
he t
ermsoft
he cont
ractwi
th each ot
her
.Ther
efor
e any

di
sobedi
enceoft
hesai
ddecr
eedoesnotamountt
ocont
emptofcour
t.

3.
2.Ther
espondenthasnotcommi
tt
edt
heof
fenceofcont
emptev
eni
fthe

decr
eehasbi
ndi
ngnat
ure.

I
nAr
guendo,
Ther
espondenthasnotcommi
tt
edt
heof
fenceofcont
emptev
eni
fthe

decr
eehasbi
ndi
ngnat
ure.Thi
sasser
ti
oni
sthr
eef
old.Fi
rst
ly,t
her
ewasnowi
l
ful

di
sobedi
enceont
hei
rpar
t.Secondl
y,t
her
ewaspar
ti
alcompl
i
ancewi
tht
heor
der
.

Last
ly,
thesubsequentchangesmadei
tdi
ff
icul
ttocompl
ywi
tht
heor
der
s.

3.
2.1.Ther
ewasno‘
wil
ful
’di
sobedi
ence.

Ther
eisnost
rai
ghtj
acketf
ormul
afort
hemeani
ngof‘
wil
ful
’andi
tdi
ff
ersf
rom case
57
t
ocase. Thecour
thasobser
vedt
hat‘
wil
ful
’meansanactdonev
olunt
ari
l
yand

i
ntent
ional
l
yandwi
tht
hespeci
fi
cint
entt
odosomet
hingwhi
chal
awf
orbi
dsorwi
th
58
t
hei
ntentt
ofai
ltodosomet
hingwhi
chl
awr
equi
rest
obedone. I
nthegi
venf
act

si
tuat
ion,t
her
espondentdi
dnotv
olunt
ari
l
yter
minat
edt
hecont
ract
.Fr
om t
hegi
ven

55
Ni
shaKant
aRoyChoudhar
yv.Smt
.Sar
ojBashi
niGoho,
AIR1948Cal
294( .BabuRam Gupt
DB) av.
Sudhi
rBhasi
n,AI
R1979SC1582.
56
Henr
yCampbel
lBl
ack,
et.
alBl
, ack’
sLawDi
cti
onar
y,6thEdi
ti
on,
p.1079,
St.Paul
Minn.West
Publ
i
shi
ngCompany
,1990.
57
Sachi
ndr
aNat
hPanj
av.N.
L.Basak,
Pri
nci
palSecr
etar
y,Gov
tofWestBengal
,2004(
4)CHN602.
58
Al
lIndi
aAnnaDr
avi
daMunnet
raKazhagam v
.l.
K.Tr
ipat
hi,
(2009)5SCC417.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-15-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

f
act
s,i
tcanbei
nfer
redt
hatt
he‘
globalpr
essur
e’hadf
orcedt
her
espondentt
o

t
ermi
nat
ethecont
ract
.

3.
2.2.Ther
ewaspar
ti
alcompl
i
anceont
hepar
toft
her
espondent
.

Par
ti
alcompl
i
anceofanor
derhasbeenconsi
der
edasar
easonf
orhol
dingt
hat
59
t
her
e was no wi
l
fulv
iol
ati
on. I
nthe gi
ven case,t
he r
espondentuphel
dit
s

r
esponsi
bil
i
tyt
il
lther
ewasnogl
obalpr
essur
e.Ther
efor
e,i
tcl
ear
lyshowst
hatt
her
e

wasnowi
l
fulv
iol
ati
onandt
hatt
her
espondenthadcompl
i
edwi
tht
heor
derf
orsome

t
imer
esul
ti
ngi
npar
ti
alcompl
i
ance.

3.
2.3.Thesubsequentchangesmadei
tdi
ff
icul
ttocompl
ywi
tht
heor
der
s.

I
fapar
tychar
gedofcont
emptwi
thoutf
aul
tonhi
spar
tisunabl
etocompl
ywi
tht
he
60
under
taki
ng t
hen,t
her
eis no cont
empt
. Conceptofwi
l
fuldi
sobedi
ence and

cont
emptdoesnotcov
eract
sbey
ondone’
sownpower
.Thi
srequi
resasi
tuat
ioni
n
61
whi
cht
hepar
tyi
s‘notabl
eto’compl
ywi
tht
heor
der
. Subsequentdev
elopment
s
62
maycr
eat
edi
ff
icul
ti
esi
nimpl
ement
ati
onandcompl
i
anceoft
heor
der
. I
nthe

i
nst
antcase,t
hegl
obalpr
essur
eaf
tert
heor
derhadcr
eat
eddi
ff
icul
ti
esf
ort
he

r
espondentt
ocompl
ywi
tht
heor
der
.Hencei
thumbl
ysubmi
tt
edt
hatt
her
espondent

shoul
dnotbehel
dli
abl
eforci
vi
lcont
emptofcour
t.

3.THERESPONDENTI ABLEFORPERJURY.
SNOTLI

59
Dhar
mav
irSi
ngh&Or
s.v
.Smt
.Nav
rajSi
ndhu,
1997AI
HC259.
60
Nar
ayanaPani
ckerv
.TheSub–Di
vi
sionalMagi
str
ate,
For
tCoshi
n&Or
s, A.
1979KerLT346; G.v
.
Wal
tHamst
ow,
UDC(
1895)11TLR533.
61
S.
R.Bommaiv
.Uni
onofI
ndi
a,(
1994)3SCC1.
62
Ashi
shKumarKunduv
.A.
K.Tandon,
1994(
4)SLR319.

MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
-16-
-
Pleadi
ngsandAut
hor
it
ies- -
Respondent
-

63
Under
taki
nggi
vent
ocour
tisanaf
fi
dav
it. .An"
aff
idav
it"i
ncl
udesaf
fi
rmat
ionand

decl
arat
ioni
nthecaseofper
sonsbyl
aw al
l
owedt
oaf
fi
rm ordecl
arei
nst
eadof
64
swear
ing. Whoev
eri
nanydecl
arat
ionmadebyhi
mtoanycour
tofj
ust
ice,makes

anyst
atementwhi
chi
sfal
se,andwhi
chhebel
i
evest
obeei
therf
alseordoesnot

bel
i
evet
obet
rue,
touchi
nganypoi
ntmat
eri
alt
otheobj
ectf
orwhi
cht
hedecl
arat
ion
65
i
smadeshal
lbepuni
shabl
einagr
avemannerasi
fhegav
efal
seev
idence. To

est
abl
i
shf
alseev
idence,i
tmustbeshownt
hatt
hef
alsest
atementchar
gedagai
nst

t
heaccusedi
s‘l
i
ter
all
y’f
alse.Ther
emustbest
atementoff
actwhi
chi
sfal
se.I
tisno

of
fencei
fthef
actst
atedi
str
uebutsomeci
rcumst
ancei
ssuppr
essed,
wit
har
esul
t
66
t
hatt
hewr
ongi
nfer
encecanbededuced. I
ntent
ioni
sani
mpor
tanti
ngr
edi
entf
or
67
pr
osecut
ionofper
jur
y. I
fther
ewasar
easonabl
epossi
bil
i
tyt
hatt
hedef
encest
ory

i
str
ue,t
hen t
he essent
iali
ngr
edi
entoft
he pr
osecut
ion case woul
d notbe
68
est
abl
i
shedandhencewi
l
lnotbegui
l
tyofper
jur
y. I
nthei
nst
antcase,t
hef
act
s

st
atedbyt
her
espondentwer
etr
uet
hatt
heywer
euphol
dingt
hecont
ractt
il
lthen.

I
ntent
ionoft
her
espondentbef
oret
hecour
tor
dercanbet
akenast
oter
minat
ethe

cont
ract
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Pleadi
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MEMORANDUM f
- orTHERESPONDENT-
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Pray
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Respondent
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PRAYER

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MEMORANDUM f
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