Sprabha & Anr. v. Ozone Urbana Infra Developers Pvt Ltd & Anr.

Delhi High Court · 23 Aug 2022 · 2022:DHC:6013
Prateek Jalan
ARB.P.518/2022
2022:DHC:6013
arbitration appeal_dismissed

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The Delhi High Court held that Section 11 petitions in international commercial arbitrations involving Non-Resident Indians fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and allowed withdrawal of the petitions with liberty to refile there.

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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
-I- ARB.P.518/2022 SPRABHA & ANR. ^ Petitioners
VERSUS
OZONE URBANA INFRA
DEVELOPERS PVT LTD & ANR. Respondents -t- ARB.P.519/2022
S PRABHA & ANR. Petitioners
VERSUS
3.
-I- ARB.P.520/2022 S PRABFIA & ANR. Petitioners
VERSUS
Appearances Ms. Aanchal Basur (Enrolment Id. P/1564/2014) and Mr. Akash Kundu
(Enrolment Id. D/8911/2019, Mobile No. 98109226912), Advocates for petitioners.
Mr.Shekhar G.Devasu and Mr. Manish Tiwari,Advocates for R-1.
Ms.Sangeeta Sondhi and Mr. Mohit Bhadu,Advocates for R-2/Indiabulls
Housing Finance Ltd.
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CORAM:
HON'BLE MR.JUSTICEPRATEEKJALAN
23.08.2022 I. In the course ofthe hearing,it appears that the petitioners in these petitrons under Section 11 ofthe Arb.tration and Concliation Act, 1996 r'Act"].are Non-residentIndians,beingresidentsofDubai,United Arab
Emirates.
ORDER

2. Ms. Aanchal Basur, learned counsel for the petitioners, submta Aat, in these circumstances, the proposed arbitrations would b? international commercial arbitrations"in terms ofSection 2(l)(f)ofthe Act,and thejunsdiction to decide such petitions under Section 11 ofthe Act would lie with the Supreme CourtofIndia.

3. Mr.Shekhar G.Devasu,learned counsel for the respondent No.l, does not dispute this position.

4. In view of the above, Ms. Basur seeks permission to withdraw these petitions with liberty to file petitions with thesame causeofaction before the appropriate Court.

5. ihepetitionsaredismissedaswithdrawn,with libertyasaforesaid. '•} AUGUST23,2022 PRATEEKJALAN;J 'vp[7] Click here to checkcorrigendum,ifanv ARB.p. 518/2022and connected matters Page2of[2]