The UK firm had earlier given required undertakings indemnifying the Centre against future claims as well as agreeing to drop any legal proceedings anywhere in the world.
UK firm Cairn Energy had said it would drop litigation to seize Air India's assets in the US after it gets the $1 billion refund, which is due to it after India scrapped its retrospective tax law.
The move follows the Modi govt agreeing to refund Rs 7,900 crore to Cairn & scrapping retrospective tax, resulting in withdrawal of Rs 10,247 crore tax demand on the British firm.
Cairn, which last year won an arbitration award for $1.7 bn over a controversial retrospective tax demand, has called Air India 'an alter ego' of the Indian govt.
The govt earlier enacted Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act which removed its power to slap capital gains levies wherever ownership had changed hands overseas but their assets were in India.
Retrospective taxes are just one facet of arbitrary state action. MNCs that have committed billions of dollars have many other legal minefields awaiting them.
Decision will end India’s dispute with Vodafone Plc and Cairn Energy Plc, and in 15 other similar cases. FM Sitharaman notes that the retrospective tax became a ‘sore point’ with investors.
A tax dispute stemming from a 15-year old transaction has adversely impacted India’s efforts to project itself as an investor friendly destination. ThePrint explains
Imposition of formal rights and digital compliance mechanisms introduces new expectations for both employers and workers. This transition will require sustained awareness efforts.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Speaking to ThePrint, Salman Akram urges dignity in tragedy, recalling the loss of his brother, Wing Commander Nauman Akram, in similar crash & the mockery his family faced after.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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