Rsmm General Trading Llc v. Honasa Consumer Limited

$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + FAO(OS) (COMM) 242/2024 & CM APPL. 65036/2024 RSMM GENERAL TRADING LLC .....Appellant Through:

Mr. Sameer Jain, Ms. Jayashree Parihar, Ms. Aastha Sharma and Mr. Manu Kumar, Advs.

versus HONASA CONSUMER LIMITED .....Respondent Through:

Adv. Amita Katragadda, Adv.

Nayani Aggarwal, Adv. Karan Motianj, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR

O R D E R

% 01.09.2025 1.

The present Appeal has been filed by the Appellant seeking to challenge an order 20.08.2025 [hereinafter referred to as „Impugned Order‟] passed by the learned Single Judge while deciding a Petition filed by the Respondent under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

2.

The matter has already been referred to the Arbitrator, where it is pending.

3.

Learned counsel representing the Appellant submits that the present Appeal may be disposed of with the observation that the finding recorded in the Impugned Order shall not be construed as a final expression on the merits of the case.

4.

A perusal of the record reflects that the Petition filed by the 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 03/09/2025 at 12:02:10

Respondent under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 was for interim arrangement or direction. Hence, the application was decided on the basis of prima facie observations as already noticed in Paragraph No. 37(viii) of the Impugned Judgment passed by the learned Single Judge.

5.

The present Appeal is accordingly disposed of with the aforegoing observation.

6.

This Court has no doubt that the learned Arbitrator will proceed to decide the matter uninfluenced by the observations made in the Impugned Order.

ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.

HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J.

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