Sundeep Verma v. Indian Golf Union

$~38 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + ARB.P. 790/2026 SUNDEEP VERMA .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Anshul Chowdhary, Mr.

Nakul Dahiya, Mr. Abhishek Arora, Mr. Umesh Mahajan and Mr. Anish Ahlawat, Advocates versus INDIAN GOLF UNION .....Respondent Through:

Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Senior Advocate along with Mr.

Hemant Phalpher and Mr.

Karishmit Keswani, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR

O R D E R

% 04.05.2026 1.

The present Petition, under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ["Act"], has been filed seeking the appointment of a Sole Arbitrator.

2.

After addressing some arguments and upon the Court querying the learned counsel on how he could invoke the Arbitration clause as he does not appear to qualify as a "member", learned counsel for the Petitioner sought leave of the Court to withdraw the present Petition, with liberty to take appropriate steps as are available under law. 3.

Considering that the Petitioner had no locus to file the present Petition and expended precious judicial time and resources, leave and liberty, as sought for, are granted, subject to the Petitioner depositing a sum of Rs. 25,000/- in favour of the Delhi High Court Bar 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 06/05/2026 at 11:45:52

Association.

4.

The present Petition stands disposed of in the above terms. HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J.

MAY 04, 2026/rk/dj 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 06/05/2026 at 11:45:52