NEW DELHI: Jet Airways on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to transfer all ongoing arbitration cases filed by its failed acquisition target Air Sahara in the Lucknow District Court to the Mumbai High Court, raising jurisdiction issue.
Jet contended that as per the arbitration agreement, the seat of arbitration would be Mumbai.
The Naresh Goyal-promoted carrier also sought a direction to stay all proceedings on the petition filed by Air Sahara in the Lucknow court.
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