M/S FOOD INN NOW KNOWN AS MS HOTEL SIGNATURE INN vs ALCOTT TOWN PLANNERS PRIVATE LIMITED NOW KNOWN AS OYO HOTELS AND HOMES PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR.

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$~10 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 19.02.2026 + O.M.P. (T) (COMM.) 27/2025 & I.A. 8783/2025 (Ex. From filing translated copies of annexures) M/S FOOD INN NOW KNOWN AS MS HOTEL SIGNATURE INN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shakul R. Ghatole, Advocate. versus ALCOTT TOWN PLANNERS PRIVATE LIMITED NOW KNOWN AS OYO HOTELS AND HOMES PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Harsh Kaushik and Ms. Adrija Mishra, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR % JUDGEMENT (ORAL) HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. 1. The present petition has been filed under Sections 14 and 15 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 19961 seeking the appointment of a substituted Arbitrator. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondents would strongly object to the same, placing reliance upon the judgment of the learned Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Raj Chawla and Co. Stock and Share Brokers v. Nine Media and Information Services Ltd. and 1 The Act Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA O.M.P.(T) (COMM.) 27/2025 Page 1 of 4 Signing Date:21.02.2026 17:18:01 Another2 and in particular Paragraphs 14 and 16 thereof, which reads as follows: “14. The recordal of facts above would indubitably establish that the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal was never extended within the period prescribed in sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 29 A. The parties have also not petitioned the court for extension of the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal even thereafter and in accordance with Section 29 A(4). Viewed in light of the above, it is manifest that the question of a substitute arbitrator being appointed really does not arise. This since not only had the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal come to an end, in the fitness of