DALBIR SINGH YADAV & ORS. vs RAJDARBAR HERITAGE VENTURES LTD

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$~46 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 10th February, 2026 Uploaded on: 13th February, 2026 + CONT.APP.(C) 7/2026 & CM APPL. 8948/2026 DALBIR SINGH YADAV & ORS. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Chandra Shekhar Yadav, Adv. versus RAJDARBAR HERITAGE VENTURES LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ayush Aggarwal, Mr. Akshat Tiwari, Ms. Jaikriti S Jadeja, Mr. Mayank Sharma, Advs. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present appeal has been filed by the Appellants under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, inter alia, assailing the impugned order dated 14th January, 2026 passed by the ld. Single Judge in CONT.CAS(C) No. 1822/2025 titled ‘Rajdarbar Heritage Venture ltd. v. Dalbir Singh Yadav’ (hereinafter, ‘impugned order’). 3. The background of the present case is that, an arbitration petition being O.M.P. (I) (Comm.) NO. 335/ 2024 under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter, ‘the Arbitration Act’) was filed by the Respondent before the ld. Single Judge. The same was based upon the ‘Collaboration Agreement’ dated NIL of 2001. Vide order dated 30th September, 2024 (hereinafter, ‘the status quo order’) the ld. Single judge had Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA NEGI CONT.APP.(C) 7/2026 Page 1 of 16 Signing Date:13.02.2026 17:16:52 directed as under: “12. In the meantime, status quo shall be maintained by the parties as regards title and possession of the land forming part of the Collaboration Agreement. It is made clear that this order shall not affect the rights of the acquiring authority and/ or affect any other pending legal proceeding qua the acquisition of the land in question