{"id":90627,"date":"2006-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sedco-forex-international-vs-the-oil-natural-gas-corporation-on-20-april-2006"},"modified":"2016-06-03T05:02:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T23:32:59","slug":"sedco-forex-international-vs-the-oil-natural-gas-corporation-on-20-april-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sedco-forex-international-vs-the-oil-natural-gas-corporation-on-20-april-2006","title":{"rendered":"Sedco Forex International &#8230; vs The Oil &amp; Natural Gas Corporation &#8230; on 20 April, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sedco Forex International &#8230; vs The Oil &amp; Natural Gas Corporation &#8230; on 20 April, 2006<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: S.H. Kapadia<\/div>\n<pre>           CASE NO.:\nArbitration Petition  1 of 2006\n\nPETITIONER:\nSEDCO FOREX INTERNATIONAL DRILLING INC\n\nRESPONDENT:\nTHE OIL &amp; NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LTD\n\nDATE OF JUDGMENT: 20\/04\/2006\n\nBENCH:\nS.H. KAPADIA\n\nJUDGMENT:\n<\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<br \/>\nO R D E R<\/p>\n<p>\tApplicant is a foreign company incorporated in<br \/>\nPanama.  It is engaged in providing rigs on charter-<br \/>\nhigher basis for offshore drilling.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tIn April, 1988, the rig was brought into India.<br \/>\nIt operated in territorial waters, continental shelf<br \/>\nand other maritime zones.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tUnder the contract dated 23.8.1988, ONGC<br \/>\n(non-applicant) is liable to reimburse the applicant<br \/>\nfor customs duty paid on import of rig.  This is<br \/>\nunder clause 15.5 of the contract. Under this<br \/>\nclause, ONGC is liable to reimburse\/pay all<br \/>\ncustoms duty payable on the rig.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tIn July 1999, the customs department issued<br \/>\na show-cause notice to the applicant and to the<br \/>\nnon-applicant, in which it alleged that customs<br \/>\nprocedure had not been followed for the initial entry<br \/>\nof rig in 1988.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tBy order dated 27.1.2000, the commissioner of<br \/>\ncustoms held that the import of the rig had taken<br \/>\nplace in 1988 and on several occasions thereafter<br \/>\nand that the duty was payable on the rig in respect<br \/>\nof its movement to a designated platform in 1988.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tAggrieved by the adjudication order, the<br \/>\napplicant herein preferred an appeal to the<br \/>\nCustoms, Excise and Service Tax Tribunal (for short<br \/>\n&#8220;the tribunal&#8221;).  By order dated 2.2.2001, the<br \/>\ntribunal came to the conclusion that the duty was<br \/>\npayable on the import in 1988 on a value of US$ 13<br \/>\nmillion; that, in the absence of an essentiality<br \/>\ncertificate, the applicant was not entitled to<br \/>\nexemption under notification no.516\/86.  However,<br \/>\nthe tribunal permitted the applicant herein to<br \/>\npursue its claim for the essentiality certificate.<br \/>\nApplicant had imported the rig without filing of the<br \/>\nbill of entry.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tSuffice it to state that in February 2001, the<br \/>\napplicant made payment of the customs duty<br \/>\namounting to Rs.26,67,94,320\/-.  This was in<br \/>\naccordance with the order of the tribunal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tOn the strength of the essentiality certificate,<br \/>\nthe applicant applied for refund of the customs duty<br \/>\npaid by the assessee.  However, by order dated<br \/>\n1st\/4th February, 2002, the additional commissioner<br \/>\nof customs rejected the claim for refund.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tOn 11.2.2002, the applicant called upon the<br \/>\nONGC to reimburse the applicant with the said<br \/>\namount of Rs.26,67,94,320\/-. ONGC responded by<br \/>\nletters dated 20.3.2002 and 13.6.2002 denying its<br \/>\nliability to reimburse the customs duty paid.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tUltimately, vide letter dated 31.3.3003, the<br \/>\napplicant herein invoked the arbitration clause 28.0<br \/>\nand suggested that the dispute be referred to<br \/>\narbitration.  By the said letter, the applicant<br \/>\nappointed its nominee on the Arbitral Tribunal and<br \/>\ncalled upon the ONGC to appoint its nominee, so<br \/>\nthat both the arbitrators could jointly appoint a<br \/>\nthird arbitrator.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tIt is not necessary, at this stage, to go into the<br \/>\nchequered history of the earlier round of litigation<br \/>\nand the circumstances under which the non-<br \/>\napplicant did not agree to the continuance of the<br \/>\nproceedings before the duly constituted Arbitral<br \/>\nTribunal.  Suffice it to state, that the applicant had<br \/>\ncalled upon the non-applicant to appoint its<br \/>\nnominee to the Arbitral Tribunal, failing which it<br \/>\nhas been constrained to move this application for<br \/>\nappointment of an arbitrator to the Arbitral<br \/>\nTribunal to decide the disputes referred to<br \/>\narbitration under the 1988 contract by applicant<br \/>\nvide its letter dated 31.3.2003.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tBy way of counter affidavit, the ONGC has<br \/>\ninter alia contended that the applicant is estopped<br \/>\nfrom moving this arbitration application because<br \/>\nONGC had issued the essentiality certificate to<br \/>\nenable the applicant to seek refund of the customs<br \/>\nduty already paid;  that, the certificate was issued<br \/>\nas far back as 21.12.2001 and that the same was<br \/>\nhanded over to the applicant to enable them to avail<br \/>\nof the exemption as provided under notification<br \/>\nno.516\/86 dated 30.12.1986, as amended from<br \/>\ntime to time.  ONGC contends by its counter<br \/>\naffidavit that non-utilization of the essentiality<br \/>\ncertificate is a matter between the applicant and the<br \/>\ncustoms department in which ONGC has no role to<br \/>\nplay.  At this stage, it may be stated that till today,<br \/>\nthe respondent has not received the revalidated<br \/>\nessentiality certificate from the office of the Director<br \/>\nGeneral of Hydrocarbons, New Delhi.  In the<br \/>\ncircumstances, ONGC has denied the demand of the<br \/>\napplicant for arbitration.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tOn the factual aspect, my attention is invited<br \/>\nto the judgment of the Division Bench of the<br \/>\nBombay High Court dated 22.3.2006 in writ petition<br \/>\nNo.481\/2001 filed by the applicant herein against<br \/>\nthe customs department in the matter of<br \/>\ncomputation of duty paid on the value of the rig as<br \/>\nit existed in 1988.  This writ petition was essentially<br \/>\non the working out of the liability.  By the said<br \/>\njudgment, the High Court has directed the customs<br \/>\ndepartment to compute the duty liability to the<br \/>\nassessee in terms of para 48 of the judgment of the<br \/>\ntribunal.  By the said judgment, the additional<br \/>\ncommissioner of customs is directed to assess the<br \/>\nduty liable as per the order of the tribunal dated<br \/>\n2.2.2001 treating the import of the rig in 1988<br \/>\nhaving the value of US$ 13 million.  By the said<br \/>\njudgment, the High Court left it open to the<br \/>\napplicant to claim its entitlement under the<br \/>\nessentiality certificate before the additional<br \/>\ncommissioner of customs, who is directed to pass<br \/>\nappropriate orders in that regard.  Till today, the<br \/>\ndecision of the additional commissioner is awaited.<br \/>\n\tOn the above facts, it is argued on behalf of<br \/>\nthe non-applicant that the matter is pre-mature,<br \/>\nparticularly, when the additional commissioner of<br \/>\ncustoms has not pronounced its decision on the<br \/>\nentitlement of the applicant under the essentiality<br \/>\ncertificate and, therefore, invocation of the<br \/>\narbitration clause by the applicant was pre-mature<br \/>\nand consequently, the application under section<br \/>\n11(4) of the Arbitration &amp; Conciliation Act, 1996 is<br \/>\nnot maintainable.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tIn the present case, the applicant has paid<br \/>\ncustoms duty amounting to Rs.26,67,94,320\/- as<br \/>\nfar back as February 2001.  It seeks reimbursement<br \/>\nof the duty paid in terms of the contract. The<br \/>\napplicant has invoked the arbitration clause as far<br \/>\nback as 31.3.2003.  The accrual of liability, as a<br \/>\nconcept, is different from quantification of the<br \/>\nliability.  In the present case, the liability to pay<br \/>\ncustoms duty has accrued.  In the circumstances, it<br \/>\ncannot be said that the application under section<br \/>\n11(4) of the Arbitration &amp; Conciliation Act, 1996 is<br \/>\npre-mature.\n<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, Hon&#8217;ble Mrs. Justice Sujata V.<br \/>\nManohar (retired) and Hon&#8217;ble Mr. Justice V. N.<br \/>\nKhare (former CJI) are appointed as Arbitrators to<br \/>\ndecide all disputes and differences between the<br \/>\nparties.  The two arbitrators shall appoint an<br \/>\numpire in terms of clause 28.0 of the contract.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tLearned arbitrators may fix their own terms<br \/>\nand conditions as to their remuneration.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tAs far as fixing of date of hearing is concerned,<br \/>\nliberty is given to the parties to approach the<br \/>\narbitrators, who will decide the due date according<br \/>\nto their convenience.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tThe arbitration petition is accordingly disposed<br \/>\nof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Sedco Forex International &#8230; vs The Oil &amp; Natural Gas Corporation &#8230; on 20 April, 2006 Bench: S.H. Kapadia CASE NO.: Arbitration Petition 1 of 2006 PETITIONER: SEDCO FOREX INTERNATIONAL DRILLING INC RESPONDENT: THE OIL &amp; NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LTD DATE OF JUDGMENT: 20\/04\/2006 BENCH: S.H. 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