SOPAN PROJECTS vs GREAT EASTERN ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 10.02.2026 + O.M.P. (T) (COMM.) 116/2025 SOPAN PROJECTS .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Seshagiri Vadlamani, Mr. Siddharth Sachar and Ms. Ananya Kukreti, Advocates. versus GREAT EASTERN ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aseem Chaturvedi, Mr. Shivank Diddi and Mr. Anuj Shrothriya, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR % JUDGEMENT (ORAL) 1. The present Petition has been instituted under Section 15(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 19961, seeking substitution of the learned Arbitrator. The relief is necessitated on account of the termination of the Arbitrator‟s mandate pursuant to the Order dated 24.04.2025 passed by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in O.M.P.(T)(COMM.) 102/2023 „Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited vs. Sopan Projects‟. 2. At the outset, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondent has raised a preliminary objection to the maintainability of the present Petition. 1 Act 3. It is contended that since the mandate of the learned Arbitrator stood terminated by the Co-ordinate Bench, such termination would amount to termination of the arbitral procee