Oyo Hotels Homes Private Limited & ANR. v. M/S Sona Hotel

$~59 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 1037/2025 OYO HOTELS HOMES PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR ....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Harsh Kaushik and Mr. Arpit Srivastava, Advs.

versus M/S SONA HOTEL .....Respondent Through:

Mr. Ramchandra Madan and Mr.

Tushar Nigam and Mr. Himanshu Yadav, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD

O R D E R

% 19.12.2025 I.A. 31865/2025 (Exemption) Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 1037/2025 1.

The present Petition under Section 29A (4) & (5) 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 vide Order dated 21.02.2023 in ARB.P. 55/2023. The mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal was extended from time to time and last such extension was granted by this Court vide Order dated 03.09.2025 in O.M.P.(MISC.)(COMM.) 705/2025 by which this Court had extended the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal till 03.12.2025. Since the mandate of 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 22/12/2025 at 12:45:33

Arbitral Tribunal has expired on 03.12.2025, the present Petition has been filed for extending the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal. It is stated that the arbitration tribunal has reserved the matter for passing the award. 3.

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.

4.

In view of the facts of the present case, this Court is inclined to regularize the period from 03.12.2025 till today and extend the mandate of the Arbitral Tribunal till 30.04.2026, so that the award can be pronounced. 5.

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

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J DECEMBER 19, 2025 Prateek 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 22/12/2025 at 12:45:33