MANISH GUPTA vs M/S ORIENTAL QUARRIES AND MINES PRIVATE LIMITED

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$-6 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + ARB.P. 621/2025 Date of Decision: 22.11.2025 IN THE MATTER OF: MANISH GUPTA S/O LATE SH. RAMESH CHANDRA GUPTA ADDRESS: MADHAV NAGAR, GWALIOR MADHYA PRADESH- 474002 ..... PETITIONER Through: Mr. Shubham Budhiraja, Mr. Sanjeev Chaudhary and Mr. Shubham Prateek, Advocates. Versus M/S ORIENTAL QUARRIES AND MINES PRIVATE LIMITED THROUGH ITS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE ADDRESS: OSE COMMERCIAL BLOCK, HOTEL ALOFT, ASSETS- 5B, HOSPITALITY DISTRICT, IGI AIRPORT, SOUTH WEST DELHI, DELHI-110037 .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nitesh Jain, Mr. Nishant Bhargava and Ms. Anushka Singh, Advocates. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV JUDGEMENT PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J. (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter “the Act”), seeking Signature Not Verified Signature Not Verified Signed By:NEHA CHOPRA Signed Signing Date:28.11.2025 By:PURUSHAINDRA 13:16:35 1 KUMAR KAURAV appointment of an Arbitrator to adjudicate upon the disputes that have arisen between the parties under Lease Agreement dated 20.06.2012 (hereinafter “the Agreement”). 2. The case set up by the petitioner is that he is the absolute and sole owner of the land bearing survey no.3707/3/4/5/8/10/11/ measuring 23 Bigha situated at Bilaua Village, Dabra Tehsil, Gwalior District, Madhya Pradesh, and had leased the said property to the respondent vide the Agreement for a period of ten years (120 months) commencing from 16/05/2012 till 15/05/2022. The petitioner claims that the respondent defaulted in payment of the rentals from March, 2020. However, upon assurances from the respondent that all outstanding dues would be cleared, the lease was extended for a period of two years i.e., from 16.05.202