Bhupinder Kapoor v. The General Manager Northern Railway

$~50 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 986/2025 BHUPINDER KAPOOR .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Rahul Aggarwal, Advocate.

versus THE GENERAL MANAGER NORTHERN RAILWAY .....Respondent Through:

Mr Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC with Ms. Bhawna, GP, Mr. Yash Baraliya, Ms. Khushi Gupta, Mr.

Tushar Gahlot and Mr.

Ayush Kasana, Advs.

Mr. Ravi Ranjan, Adv. for UOI.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD

O R D E R

% 02.12.2025 I.A. 30046/2025 (Exemption) Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 986/2025 1.

The present petition under Section 29A(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 has been filed by the Petitioner for extending the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal.

2.

Material on record indicates that an Arbitral Tribunal was constituted by this Court on 07.02.2023. The mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal has expired on 29.10.2025, and therefore, the present petition has been filed for extending the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal. 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 05/12/2025 at 12:06:36

3.

It is stated that evidence of the Respondent is going on before the Arbitral Tribunal.

4.

The Apex Court in Rohan Builders (India) Private Limited v. Berger Paints India Limited, 2024 SCC OnLine SC 2494, has held that an application for extension of the time period for passing an arbitral award under Section 29A(4) read with Section 29A(5) is maintainable even after the expiry of the twelve-month or the extended six-month period, as the case may be.

5.

In view of the facts of the present case, this Court is inclined to regularize the period from 29.10.2025 till today and extend the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal till 31.07.2026, so that the award can be pronounced. 6.

The petition is disposed of, along with the pending applications, if any.

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J DECEMBER 2, 2025 S. Zakir 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 05/12/2025 at 12:06:36