MAYA DEVI vs GTL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

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$~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 13.03.2026 + ARB.P. 1059/2025 MAYA DEVI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. C.M. Verma and Mr. Piyush Agarwal, Advocates. versus GTL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Mr. Gurdeep Singh, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR % JUDGEMENT (ORAL) 1. The present Petition has been filed under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 19961, seeking the appointment of a Sole Arbitrator to adjudicate upon the disputes inter se the parties, arising out of a License Agreement dated 06.04.2010 read with the Supplementary Agreement dated 28.10.2010. 2. The material on record indicates that the Arbitration clause is envisaged in the License Agreement as Clause 21. The said clause is set out herein below: “21. Any dispute or claim between the parties hereto arising out of or relating to this agreement, or its implementations and / or its effect, or the breach, termination, due to efflux of time or otherwise, or invalidity thereof, either during its subsistence or after its termination, shall be referred to the arbitration of a sole 1 Act Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA ARB.P. 1059/2025 Page 1 of 7 Signing Date:17.03.2026 11:56:57 arbitrator in accordance with the provisions of Arbitrations and Reconciliation Act, 1996. The Arbitration shall be held at Delhi.” 3. Learned Counsel for the Petitioner further draws the attention of this Court to the Notice under Section 21 of the Act, invoking Arbitration, which is dated 15.10.2024 and forms the part of the material on record. 4. Mr. Gurdeep Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondent, on instructions, submits that he has no objection to the appointment of a Sole Arbitrator to adjudi