Indian State-Owned Company Seeks Rehearing En Banc In $1.29B Satellite Award Case

Mealey's ( September 28, 2026, 2:57 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An Indian state-owned company urges the en banc Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to review a panel’s finding of jurisdiction and confirmation of an arbitral award against it worth more than $1.29 billion despite the award being annulled in India, in favor of an Indian satellite company that has been dissolved in India, writing that after a previous round of appeal, reversal and remand by the U.S. Supreme Court, the original panel placed the Ninth Circuit “in conflict with every circuit to have addressed due process for exercising jurisdiction over foreign sovereigns.”...