Chairperson when the agreement was signed) was barred from holding any post under the Department of Space. Some former scientists were found guilty of "acts of commission" or "acts of omission". Devas and Deutsche Telekom demanded US$2 billion and US$1 billion, respectively, in damages. The Department of Revenue and Ministry of Corporate Affairs began an inquiry into Devas shareholding. The Central Bureau of Investigation registered a case against the accused in the Antrix-Devas deal under Section 120-B, besides Section 420 of IPC and Section 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988 in March 2015 against the then executive director of Antrix Corporation, two officials of a USA-based company, a Bangaluru-based private multimedia company, and other unknown officials of the Antrix Corporation or the Department of Space. Devas Multimedia started arbitration proceedings against Antrix in June 2011. In September 2015, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce ruled in favour of Devas, and directed Antrix to pay US$672 million (Rs 44.35 billion) in damages to Devas. Antrix opposed the Devas plea for tribunal award in the Delhi High Court. See also Deep Ocean mission Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology List of government space agencies List of ISRO missions New Space India Limited Science and technology in India Space industry of India Swami Vivekananda Planetarium Telecommunications in India Timeline of Solar System exploration Notes References ^'Additional Project Director' "Abhijeet Meshram" Saying About Chandrayan-2 at SHIKHAR DHAWAN SPACE STATION on (18 May 2019) Bibliography Further reading The Economics of India's Space Programme, by U. Sankar, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2007, The Indian Space Programme, by Gurbir Singh, Astrotalkuk Publications, Reach For the Stars: The Evolution of India's Rocket Programme, by Gopal Raj, From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet: India's Space Journey, by ISRO, Brief History of Rocketry in ISRO, by P V Manoranjan Rao and P Radhakrishnan, India's Rise as a Space Power, by U R Rao, External links Government agencies established in 1969 Rocket engine manufacturers of India Government agencies of India 1969 establishments in Mysore State Space agencies Recipients of the Gandhi Peace Prize Organisations based in Bangalore