GROSON ENGINEERS vs M/S RAJIV AGGARWAL & ANR.

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$~33 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LPA 239/2025 GROSON ENGINEERS .....Appellant Through: Mr. Chetan Joshi, Advocate versus M/S RAJIV AGGARWAL & ANR. .....Respondents Through: None % Date of Decision: 3rd April, 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGEMENT TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J : (ORAL) CM APPL. 19635/2025 (DELAY 20 DAYS) 1. Cause shown is sufficient. 2. Application is allowed and delay in filing the present appeal is condoned. 3. Application stands disposed of. LPA 239/2025 4. Present Letters Patent Appeal is filed challenging the order dated 03.02.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) 1347/2025 titled as “Groson Engineers versus M/s Rajiv Aggarwal & Anr" whereby the learned Single Judge had dismissed the underlying writ petition preferred by the appellant on the ground of minimal judicial intervention in the interlocutory orders passed in arbitral proceedings. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed LPA 239/2025 Page 1 of 4 By:VINOD KUMAR Signing Date:07.04.2025 17:24:48 5. It has been averred that by way of the underlying writ petition, the appellant/petitioner had assailed the orders dated 09.05.2024 and 31.12.2024 passed by the learned sole arbitrator in an ongoing arbitral proceedings bearing Case File Ref. No. DIAC/4553/08-22 titled “Groson Engineers versus M/s Rajiv Aggarwal”, thereby dismissing the appellant/petitioner’s application for disclosure of documents in the possession of the respondent and the appellant/petitioner’s second application seeking permission to call additional witness, respectively. 6. Learned counsel for the appellant at the outset submits that the present case depicts apparent lack of jurisdiction by the sole arbitrator, which aspect calls for an interference under Article