WOODLAND (AERO CLUB) PVT. LTD. vs M/S. AMBIENCE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD.

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$ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 12.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 02.12.2025 Judgment uploaded on: As per digital signature~ + FAO (COMM)155/2024 & CM APPL. 51616/2024 WOODLAND (AERO CLUB) PVT. LTD. ..... Appellant Versus M/S. AMBIENCE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD. ..... Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case For the Appellant : Mr. Abhijit Mittal, Mr. Anukalp Jain and Ms. Shaivya Singh, Advocates For the Respondent : Mr. P.K. Agrawal, Mr. Akshay Chitkara, Ms. Sanjoli Gupta and Mr. Darpan Jain, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR JUDGMENT VINOD KUMAR, J. 1. The appellant has filed the present appeal under Section 37(1)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter ‘the Act’) FAO (COMM) 155/2024 Page 1 of 13 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:PRAMOD KUMAR VATS Signing Date:03.12.2025 14:11:49 impugning a judgment dated 31.05.2024 (hereinafter ‘the impugned judgment’) passed by learned District Judge (Commercial)-03, South, Saket Courts, New Delhi (hereinafter ‘learned District Judge’) in the matter titled “Aero Club Vs. M/s. Ambience Commercial Developers Pvt. Ltd. OMP (Comm) No. 32 of 2019”. The said petition was filed by the appellant under Section 34 of the Act challenging an Arbitral Award dated 30.8.2019 (hereinafter ‘the impugned award’). Learned District Judge Commercial Court upheld the impugned award passed by the Sole Arbitrator. DISPUTE 2. Briefly stated the facts are that the appellant entered into a lease agreement on 17.03.2011 with Ambience Development & Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter ‘ADIPL’) for Retail Space No. F-106, First Floor, Ambience Mall, Gurgaon, measuring 290.13 sq.mtr. The tenure of the lease was nine years, with a loc