VIKRAM DOGRA & ANR. vs DEVENDER KUMAR & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 11th July, 2025 CM(M) 770/2025 & CM APPL. 24997/2025 VIKRAM DOGRA & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Gaurav Kumar and Mr.Raj Kapoor, Advocates. versus DEVENDER KUMAR & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr Aditya Shanda, Mr. Vipin Shrivastava and Mr. Rajendra Vats, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioners are non-claimants before the learned Arbitral Tribunal. 2. Earlier, the learned Tribunal had framed issue No.1 on 23.12.2024 which reads as under:- “i. Whether the Lease Agreement dated 05.10.2020 (Annexure CX-1) is a valid agreement? (OPR)” 3. However, subsequently, on the basis of the application moved by the non-claimants, the abovesaid issue was modified in the following terms:- “i. Whether the Lease Agreement dated 05.10.2020 (Annexure CX-1) is an invalid agreement? (OPR)” 4. The grievance raised by the petitioners herein is to the effect that since the agreement in question was void ab initio, instead of using the word 5. This Court is conscious and mindful of the fact that the scope of interference in such type of matters is very restricted and constricted. This Court in Ke