GENIEMODE GLOBAL PVT LTD vs PRIYANKA IMPEX PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR.

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$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 09.10.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 24.02.2026 + O.M.P. (MISC.)(COMM.)150/2025 & I.A. 4459/2025 GENIEMODE GLOBAL PVT LTD. ..…Petitioner Through:Mr Vivek Pathak, Mr Tanuj Dogra, Mr Rakesh Pandey, Advs. versus PRIYANKA IMPEX PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. ..…Respondents Through:Mr. Rakesh Gaur, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH JUDGM ENT 1. This is a petition filed under Section 39(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“1996 Act”) impugning the Order dated 18.01.2025 (“impugned Order”) passed by empaneled Expert to facilitate arbitration proceedings in Case Ref. No. 5710/2024, wherein the petitioner was directed to pay the entire fee of the learned Expert to the tune of Rs. Rs. 18,04,057/- to adjudicate the counter claim of the petitioner. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 2. The petitioner i.e., Geniemode Global Private Limited, a company O.M.P. (MISC.) (COMM.) 150/2025 Page 1 of 19 Digitally Signed By:MAYANK Signing Date:24.02.2026 15:17:56 incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013, is a „Micro‟ industry duly registered under Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006 (“MSMED Act”). 3. The respondent No. 1 is Priyanka Impex Private Limited and respondent No. 2 is Chairman, HMSEFC-cum-Director General of MSME, Haryana. 4. The petitioner and respondent No. 1 entered into a Service Agreement dated 09.02.2022 (“Service Agreement”), whereby the petitioner placed orders with respondent No.1 for supply of apparels as per the purchase orders issued by the buyers and also provided advance payments towards for raw materials in relation to such orders. 5. The said Service Agreement contains the arbitration clauses being Clause No. 7 read with Clause No. 11 of the Second Party Terms, which r