JUDGMENT

[Physical Hearing/Hybrid Hearing (as per request)]

Rajiv Shakdher, J. (Oral)

CM APPL. 46532/2021

1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions.

LPA 492/2021

CM APPL. 46530/2021 [Application filed on behalf of appellants for interim relief]

CM APPL. 46531/2021 [Application filed on behalf of the appellants for placing additional documents on record]

2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 08.12.2021, passed in W.P.(C) 13604/2021.

2.1. Via the impugned order, the learned single judge has dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellants, on the ground that an arbitration agreement has been entered into between the parties.

2.2. In this regard, in paragraph 4 of the impugned judgment, reference has been made to Article 14.2 of the Strategic Alliance Management Agreement [in short, "SAMA"], dated 18.04.2020.

3. Mr Prabhas Bajaj, who appears on behalf of respondent nos.2 to 4, in effect, Central Warehousing Corporation [in short, "CWC"], does not dispute that the agreement obtaining between the parties i.e., SAMA, also contains Article 14.1.

3.1. Article 14.1 of SAMA requires the parties to attempt an amicable resolution before a Joint Committee, constituted in t