O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 267/2026 $~28 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010114852026 + O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 267/2026 PRAVEEN AGGARWAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Bhanu Gupta, Advocate. versus HEMANT AGGARWAL AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nikhilesh Krishnan, Mr. Siddharth Singh and Mr. Karna Mehra, Advocates for R-1. Mr. Arjun Singh Bhati and Mr. Sajal Sinha, Advocates for R-2 and R-3. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH O R D E R % 01.10.2026 I.A. 7901-7902/2026 (Exemptions) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Applications stand disposed of. I.A. 7900/2026 3. This application is filed on behalf of the Petitioner under Section 151 CPC seeking permission to file lengthy list of dates and events and brief synopsis. 4. For the reasons stated in the application, the same is allowed. List of dates and events and brief synopsis are taken on record. 5. Application stands disposed of. O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 267/2026 6. This is petition is filed on behalf of the Petitioner under Section 29A This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 06/10/2026 at 11:54:48 O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 267/2026 (5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking extension of mandate of the Sole Arbitrator. 7. The arbitral proceedings which are the subject matter of this petition have their genesis in Memorandum of Settlement dated 16.05.2014. Disputes having arisen between the parties, Sole Arbitrator was appointed by this Court vide order dated 16.01.2019 in ARB.P. 775/2018, after the earlier Arbitrator had withdrawn from the proceedings. Mandate of the learned Arbitrator was last extended vide order dated 01.05.2025 by a period of nine months from 01.05.2025 and period between 12.01.2025 to 30.04.2025 was regularised. The arbitral proceedings are stated to be at the stage of commencement of evidence and the mandate of the Sole Arbitrator has expired on 01.02.2026. In this backdrop, extension of the mandate is sought by a period of one year. 8. Learned counsels for Respondents No.1 and 2 to 3, on instructions, submits that Respondents have no objection to the mandate being extended. Respondent No.4 is ex parte before the Arbitrator. Notice has been served on Respondent No.4 in the instant petition through electronic mode, but he has chosen not to appear. 9. For the reasons stated in the petition and with the consent of the Petitioner and Respondents No. 1 to 3, the same is allowed extending the mandate of the Sole Arbitrator by a period of nine months from 01.10.2026 and period between 02.02.2026 and 30.09.2026 is regularised. 10. Petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. JYOTI SINGH, J OCTOBER 1, 2026/YA This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 06/10/2026 at 11:54:48