India in talks with Dutch lawyers to file an appeal against Cairn verdict

India is in talks with senior Dutch lawyers to file an appeal against the Cairn verdict at The Hague in the coming weeks. The Rs 8,800-crore award will likely be contested on two key grounds — jurisdiction and international public policy.

India is expected to take a stand that the government has the sovereign right of taxation and private individuals cannot decide on that.

According to the Centre, it falls outside the domain of a bilateral investment treaty and beyond the jurisdiction of international arbitration.

Also, the government will most likely invoke international public policy, arguing that Cairn did not