GAIL (INDIA) LIMITED vs FOCUS ENERGY LTD. AND ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 28.10.2024 Judgment pronounced on: 07.01.2025 + O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 281/2024 & I.A. 39649/2024 GAIL (INDIA) LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. N. Venkatraman, ASG, Mr. Amitesh Chandra Mishra, Mr. Ankit Chaturvedi, Ms. Sunidhi Singh, Advs. versus FOCUS ENERGY LTD. AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Arun Kathpalia, Sr. Adv., Mr. Swapnil Gupta, Mr. Ekansh Mishra, Mr. Abhinav Mishra, Mr. Vaibhav Mendiratha, Advs. for R-1 to 3. Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu, Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Mr. Vinayak Maini, Mr. Prakhar Agarwal, Advs. for R-4. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH JUDGMENT : JASMEET SINGH, J 1. This is a petition under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“1996 Act”) seeking the following substantial prayers: “A. Pass an ex-parte ad interim Order directing the Respondents to maintain status quo and continue the supply of gas to the Petitioner in terms of the Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) till the make-up gas is supplied in its entirety 2. The parties entered into a Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement dated 07.08.2009 (“GSPA”) for the supply of gas from SGL fields in Block RJ- ON/6 in Langtala, J