The DIFC Courts have dismissed claims for over $100 million brought against companies in the Liberty Steel Group (the “Companies”) and their Executive Chairman, Mr Sanjeev Gupta. The claims are understood to be the largest employment claims ever brought in the DIFC.
Mr Kahlon’s claims concerned a $30 million long-term incentive plan (LTIP); annual bonus payments; the lost opportunity to secure equivalent remuneration for a further 10 years to 2032; certain other entitlements; and treble damages under Article 40(2) of the DIFC Law of Damages and Remedies. In his claims against Mr Gupta personally, Mr Kahlon alleged Mr Gupta had acted fraudulently to prevent him from recovering his entitlements or to delay his doing so.
Following a two-week trial, H.E. Justice Lord Angus Glennie dismissed Mr Kahlon's claims in full. In its judgment dated 26 February 2026, the Court accepted that the parties had concluded a binding agreement in relation to the $30 million LTIP and bonus, and that Mr Kahlon’s employment had been novated from D2 (a UAE company) to D1 (a DIFC company). However, it found that the conditions for those entitlements were not met, and that Mr Kahlon’s employment was validly terminated under DIFC law before any LTIP could have fallen due. The claims against Mr Gupta also failed, and all allegations of dishonesty against Mr Gupta were rejected.
Justice Lord Glennie's judgment addresses a number of matters of general importance:
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump resurrected long-debunked claims about fraud and foreign interference in the 2020 election, alleging in an address Thursday that China stole millions of voter...