Home News India Tamil Nadu $19 million air conditioners sale dispute: Madras High Court rejects plea against Fujitsu General Judges reject ETA General’s plea to dismiss a civil suit filed by Fujitsu General (Thailand) for recovery of the money and instead refer the dispute for arbitration Updated – June 14, 2026 03:10 pm IST – CHENNAI Mohamed Imranullah S Mohamed Imranullah S. Representational image Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Madras High Court has refused to dismiss a civil suit filed by Fujitsu General (Thailand) Company Limited, represented by is director Noriaki Terashima, seeking a direction to Chennai-based ETA (Emirates Trading Agency) General Private Limited to pay $19 million with interest at the rate of 6% per annum from April 6, 2022 till the date of realisation. A Division Bench of Justices P. Velmurugan and K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi dismissed an original side appeal preferred by ETA General in 2024 against a single judge’s 2023 order rejecting the Chennai based company’s application to dismiss the suit for recovery of money and instead refer the financial dispute between the two companies for arbitration.
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$19 million air conditioners sale dispute: Madras High Court rejects plea against Fujitsu General
Judges reject ETA General’s plea to dismiss a civil suit filed by Fujitsu General (Thailand) for recovery of the money and instead refer the dispute for arbitration
Updated – June 14, 2026 03:10 pm IST – CHENNAI
Mohamed Imranullah S Mohamed Imranullah S.
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Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
The Madras High Court has refused to dismiss a civil suit filed by Fujitsu General (Thailand) Company Limited, represented by is director Noriaki Terashima, seeking a direction to Chennai-based ETA (Emirates Trading Agency) General Private Limited to pay $19 million with interest at the rate of 6% per annum from April 6, 2022 till the date of realisation.
A Division Bench of Justices P. Velmurugan and K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi dismissed an original side appeal preferred by ETA General in 2024 against a single judge’s 2023 order rejecting the Chennai based company’s application to dismiss the suit for recovery of money and instead refer the financial dispute between the two companies for arbitration.
