The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by Vikram Bakshi, an estranged partner of McDonald’s India Pvt Ltd, against a Delhi high court order allowing the US-based fast-food major to pursue arbitration.
The Delhi High Court, on July 21, had held that the dispute between McDonald’s and Bakshi needed to be resolved through arbitration before the London Court of International Arbitration.
A bench of justices J Chelameswar and A M Sapre, while rejecting the appeal, said it was upon the arbitrator to examine whether the claims of McDonald’s were tenable or not.
The HC had set aside its earlier decision (December 22, 2014) restraining arbitration proceedings between the two as ordered by the Company Law Board (CLB). McDonald’s had terminated the contract of its franchise for North India to the Connaught Plaza Restaurants Private Limited, which was incorporated pursuant to the joint venture between Bakshi and the US-based fast food major.
The Delhi High Court, on July 21, had held that the dispute between McDonald’s and Bakshi needed to be resolved through arbitration before the London Court of International Arbitration.
A bench of justices J Chelameswar and A M Sapre, while rejecting the appeal, said it was upon the arbitrator to examine whether the claims of McDonald’s were tenable or not.
The HC had set aside its earlier decision (December 22, 2014) restraining arbitration proceedings between the two as ordered by the Company Law Board (CLB). McDonald’s had terminated the contract of its franchise for North India to the Connaught Plaza Restaurants Private Limited, which was incorporated pursuant to the joint venture between Bakshi and the US-based fast food major.