AMIT GUPTA vs KIRAN DEVI & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 05.02.2026 + FAO 33/2026, CM APPL. 7962/2026 & CM APPL. 7963/2026 AMIT GUPTA ......Appellant Through: Mr. B.L. Gupta, Advocate versus KIRAN DEVI & ANR. ......Respondent Through: Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh, Mr. Akash Kumar and Mr. Mahender Rathour, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT (ORAL) CM APPL. 7963/2026 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. FAO 33/2026 & CM APPL. 7962/2026 1. The present appeal has been preferred on behalf of the appellant under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the “Arbitration Act”), assailing the order dated 24.12.2025 passed by the learned DJ-10, West District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, as well as the arbitral award dated 25.08.2025 and the interim award dated 01.01.2025 passed by the learned Sole Arbitrator in Case Reference No. DIAC/9178/2024. 2. Vide the aforesaid order, the petition filed by appellant under section 34 of Arbitration Act came to be dismissed on 24.12.2025, whereby the appellant had sought setting aside of the arbitral award dated 25.08.2025 as Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NIJAMUDDEEN ANSARI FAO 33/2026 Page 1 of 6 Signing Date:10.02.2026 17:53:59 well as the interim arbitral order dated 01.01.2025. By the said order, the Court upheld the validity of the arbitral proceedings and the awards, holding that none of the grounds urged by the Appellant satisfied the limited and restrictive parameters prescribed under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act for interference with an arbitral award. 3. Briefly put, the facts of the present case, necessary for adjudication of the present appeal, as culled out from the records, are that he appel