NATIONAL YOGASANA SPORTS FEDERATION & ORS. vs UDIT SHETH & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 10.03.2025 + ARB.P. 999/2024 and I.A. 2771/2025 NATIONAL YOGASANA SPORTS FEDERATION & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. Prateek Mehta, Mr. Kshitij Vaibhav and Ms. Muskan Nagpal, Advocates. versus UDIT SHETH & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sameer Rohatgi, Mr. Akhhil Pradhan, Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Ms. Sonika Tyagi, Mr. Aakrish Goyal and Mr. Yogesh Verma, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. The instant petition has been preferred under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter, referred to as the „A&C Act‟), seeking constitution of Arbitral Tribunal comprising of a Sole Arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the parties. 2. The dispute in the instant case revolves around two groups claiming to be the true management of petitioner No.1 society i.e. National Yogasana Sports Federation (“NYSF”). The society was registered on 21.08.2020. Petitioners No.2-4 claim to be the office bearers of the petitioner No.1, being the Vice President, patron and Joint Secretary respectively. On the other hand, while the respondent No. 1 was elected as one of the Vice Presidents Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed ARB.P. 999/2024 Page 1 of 8 By:GAUTAM ASWAL Signing Date:02.04.2025 15:09:07 in the first GC elections, respondent No.2 was elected as the Secretary General. The case of the petitioners is that the respondents conducted an “Extension of the 6th Executive Council Meeting” on 03.06.2021 which according to the petitioners was illegal and in contravention of the Memorandum of Association (“MoA”) . It is contended that the respondents have illegally removed 70% of the governing members and changed the name of the society to Yogasa