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Sgn Universal Construction Company Pvt. Ltd. v. Morpheus Prodevelopers Pvt. Ltd.

Delhi HC17 Dec 2025O.M.P. (T) (COMM.)/128/2025

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Petition under Sections 14 and 15 of the Arbitration Act sought reinstatement of the sole arbitrator's mandate after termination of proceedings. Relying on Harshbir Singh Pannu v. Jaswinder Singh, the court directed the petitioner to first seek recall before the arbitrator and disposed of the petition.

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Sgn Universal Construction Company Pvt. Ltd. Vs Morpheus… — Arbitration | Delhi HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- O.M.P. (T) (COMM.) 128/2025, I.A. 31654/2025, I.A. 31655/2025 & I.A. 31656/2025

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SGN UNIVERSAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PVT LTD

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.....Petitioner Through: Mr. Dayan Krishnan and Mr. Gautam Narayan, Senior Advocates with Ms. Aakashi Lodha, Mr. Sanjeevi Seshadri, Mr. Sreedhar Kale, Ms. Radhika Yadav & Ms. Nishtha Jindal, Advocates.

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versus

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MORPHEUS PRODEVELOPERS PVT LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Neeraj Malhotra, Senior Advocate with Mr. Abhishek Anand, Mr. Karan Kohli, Ms. Palak Kalra, Mr. Nimish Kumar, Mr. Abhyuday Dasmana & Mr. Rajat Gupta, Advocates.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL

O R D E R

17.12.2025

The present petition has been filed under Section 14 and 15 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 [hereinafter the ‘Act’] seeking reinstatement of the mandate of the learned Sole Arbitrator.

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The learned Sole Arbitrator vide order dated 24^th November, 2025 has terminated proceedings under Section 32(2) of the Act. For ease of reference, the said order is set out below:

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O.M.P. (T) (COMM.) 128/2025

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This is a digitally signed order.

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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 20/12/2025 at 11:39:30

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Counsel appearing on behalf of the parties on either side have placed reliance on the recent judgment of Supreme Court of India, in Harshbir Singh Pannu v. Jaswinder Singh , 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2742. Reliance has been placed on paragraph no. 415 (viii) of the said judgment which is set out below:

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“ 415 . A conspectus of our legal discussion is as under:—

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(VIII) Where an arbitral tribunal passes an order for terminating the proceedings under the Act, 1996, the appropriate remedy available to the parties would be to first file an application for recall of such order before the arbitral tribunal itself. The arbitral tribunal would then in turn be required to examine whether the order does or does not deserve to be recalled.”

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In light of the above, let the petitioner move an appropriate application for recall of the order passed by the learned Sole Arbitrator.

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Needless to state, once such an application is moved, the learned Sole Arbitrator shall take a decision on the same.

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In light of the aforesaid, the present petition is disposed of.

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All the pending applications also stand disposed of.

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AMIT BANSAL, J

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DECEMBER 17, 2025/ at

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O.M.P. (T) (COMM.) 128/2025

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This is a digitally signed order.

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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 20/12/2025 at 11:39:30

Sgn Universal Construction Company Pvt. Ltd. v. Morpheus Prodevelopers Pvt. Ltd.

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