New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Fortis Healthcare Limited on Monday said the Delhi High Court's judgment ordering a forensic audit into the alleged dissipation of Fortis shares in the long-running Rs 5,300-crore Daiichi Sankyo award case does not impose any monetary liability on the company.

In a statement, Fortis said it had taken note of the judgment and clarified that it was "neither a party to the original dispute nor a judgment debtor in the execution proceedings." It said the court's direction to appoint a forensic auditor was primarily aimed at conducting a factual enquiry and reconstructing the circumstances surrounding the dissipation of Fortis shares by its erstwhile promoters, Malvinder Mohan Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh.

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