Government has not received any notice: Finance Ministry on Cairn order
Responding to reports that Cairn Energy has seized around 20 Indian government-owned properties in France, the Ministry of Finance on Thursday said that it has not received any notice, order or communication, in this regard, from any French court.
“Government is trying to ascertain the facts, and whenever such an order is received, appropriate legal remedies will be taken, in consultation with its Counsels, to protect the interests of India,” the finance ministry said in an official statement.
It added that the government has already filed an application on March 22, 2021, to set aside the December 2020 international arbitral award in The Hague Court of Appeal. “Government of India will vigorously defend its case in Set Aside proceedings at The Hague,” the statement said.
