ANISH GUPTA vs GIRIVAR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES LLP & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 01st May, 2025 CM(M) 801/2025, CM APPL. 26204/2025 & CM APPL. 26205/2025 ANISH GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jairaj Singh, Advocate. versus GIRIVAR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES LLP & ORS. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Deepak Chopra, Advocate for R-3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Heard. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner (respondent No.1 before the learned Arbitral Tribunal) submits that even, commonsensically, the person, who enters into the witness box or tenders affidavit for the purposes of examination-in-chief, should be offered for cross-examine. He submits that the cross-examination, thus, should be of the same person, and of none other. 3. He submits that earlier the affidavit of examination-in-chief had been submitted by one Ms. Shikha Gupta and for the purposes of cross-examination, the claimant produced her attorney Mr. Satish Gupta and the respondents were asked to cross-examine such person. 4. However, when objection in this regard was raised, such objection was discarded by the learned Arbitral Tribunal vide order dated 10.12.2024 and the petitioners were, rather, impre