SARVESH SECURITY SERVICES PVT. LTD. vs INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR RESOURCE AND ALLIED SCIENCES

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$~48 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 15.05.2026 + O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 557/2025, I.A. 6604/2026 & I.A. 6605/2026 SARVESH SECURITY SERVICES PVT. LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manish Vashisht, Senior Adv with Mr. Rikky Gupta, Ms. Ananya Singh, Mr. Uday Malhotra, Mr. Vedansh Vashisht and Mr. Swapan Singhal, Advocates. Versus INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR RESOURCE AND ALLIED SCIENCES .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tushar Sannu, Standing Counsel with Ms. Ankita Bhadauriya and Ms. Akansha Vidyarthi, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AVNEESH JHINGAN AVNEESH JHINGAN, J. (ORAL) 1. This application is filed under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short „the Act‟) seeking extension of the mandate of the arbitrator. 2. The brief facts are that the petitioner was awarded a contract for providing security services to the respondent. Dispute arose between the parties to the lis. The agreement provided for dispute resolution through arbitration. Arbitration was invoked at the instance of the petitioner. The arbitration proceedings were conducted under the aegis of Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC). This court vide order dated Signature Not Verified Signed By:CHANCHAL Signing Date:19.05.2026 O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 557/2025 Page 1 of 7 10:36:02 06.09.2024 extended the mandate of the arbitrator till 01.11.2024.Vide email dated 30.10.2024, the arbitrator informed the parties that in view of the intervening holidays from 31.10.2024 to 03.11.2024, arbitral award (for brevity „the award‟) would be pronounced at the DIAC premises on 04.11.2024. The award was pronounced on 04.11.2024. The respondent challenged the award under Section 34 of the Act and one of the grounds was that the award was passed after expiry of the mandate. 2