{
  "id": 11961933,
  "title": "Bombay HC Issues Show-Cause Notice To Shahs Over ₹700-Crore Decretal Amount",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/bombay-hc-issues-show-cause-notice-to-shahs-over-700-crore-decretal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T16:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bombay-hc-issues-show-cause-notice-to-shahs-over-700-crore-decretal-amount"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Bombay High Court has issued show-cause notices to three developers, Kishor N. Shah, Vimal K. Shah, and Nainesh K. Shah of Joyce Realtors Pvt Ltd, over a ₹700-crore decretal amount arising from an arbitral award. The proceedings stem from an arbitral award made by a three-member tribunal in May 2019, directing the Shahs to pay Rs 106.61 crore with interest and Rs 16.56 crore towards compensation. The court examined Section 51 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which permits arrest and detention in execution proceedings only after prescribed conditions are satisfied. Justice Patil held that the material on record made out a case for issuing a show-cause notice, noting that the judgment debtors had \"means to pay at least some substantial part of the award amount\" but had not paid or deposited such amount.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}