MANMOHAN SINGH, J.

1. The petitioner has filed the present petition under Section 9 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking inter alia, the following relief :

“a) That the respondent be restrained from in any manner engaging or providing services in violation of the terms of the Agreement to any other television channel during the term of the contract i.e. till 16th January, 2014 and for a period of one year thereafter i.e. 16th January, 2015 either as a presenter, host, anchor, reporter in any other manner in any on-screen role whatsoever or from permitting his name, image, voice or any other personal television channel either for shows or promos or advertising.”

2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner is one of the leading media companies in India and broadcasts and operates a 24 hour Hindi news channel by the name INDIA TV which recruits a large number of producers, anchors, reporters, technical personnel, editors, journalists etc. and spends aggressive amounts of monies on promoting the image, persona and personality of the Presenter and the same is categorized as “BRAND BUILDING EXPENSE”.

3. Mr. Anuraag Muskaan, respondent in the matter was recr