INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Britain's Cairn Energy Plc has secured a French court order to seize about 20 Indian government properties in France to recover a part of
$1.7 billion arbitration award, sources said on Thursday.On June 11, the French court had ordered Cairn Energy's take-over of Indian
government properties, mostly comprising flats; and the legal process got completed on Wednesday evening.An arbitration panel had in
December ordered the Indian government to return USD 1.2 billion plus interest and penalty to Cairn Energy after reversing a retrospective
tax demand.With Indian government not honouring the award, Cairn Energy has moved in multiple jurisdictions overseas to recover the amount
due by seizing Indian government assets.
