ANEJA CONSTRUCTIONS (INDIA) LTD. vs DOOSAN POWER SYSTEMS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANR.

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$~92 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 06th August, 2025 + CM(M) 1419/2025 & CM APPL. 46709-46710/2025 ANEJA CONSTRUCTIONS (INDIA) LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sidhant Goel with Mr. Mohit Goel, Mr. Aditya Maheshwari and Mr. Ishaan Pratap Singh, Advocates. versus DOOSAN POWER SYSTEMS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anand Kumar with Ms. Ishita Jain, Mr. Ankit Bhandari and Mr. Ekshat Punwani, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner is claimant before the learned Arbitral Tribunal and takes exception to order dated 11.07.2025 whereby it’s request seeking closure of right of respondent to file Statement of Defence (SoD) and/or Counter- Claim has not been acceded to. 2. According to claimant, the Arbitral Proceedings commenced in terms of Rule 15 of Rules of Domestic Commercial Arbitration of the Indian Council of Arbitration (in short “ICA” Rules) 2024, by giving a notice of request for arbitration to the Registrar of the ICA, as well as to the Respondent. Such notice of request for arbitration was, inter alia, accompanied with the Statement of Claim (SoC). 3. The Registrar, in terms of Rule 18 (a) of ICA Rules sent Statement of Claim (SoC) along with the requisite documents to respondent on Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CM(M) 1419/2025 1 By:DINESH CHANDRA Signing Date:07.08.2025 17:05:00 06.12.2024. As per ICA Rules, the respondent had time till 06.01.2025 to file SoD and/or counter claim, if any. Respondent, instead, sought extension of another period of 30 days which was granted by ICA vide e-mail dated 07.01.2025. 4. Thus, the respondent was required to file SoD by 05.02.2025. 5. The grievance of the petitioner is to the effect that despite said extension,