ORDER :

PRAYER: Arbitration Original Petition filed under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, pleased to appoint an arbitrator to adjudicate the disputes between the petitioners and the respondents in terms of the arbitration agreement dated 13.02.2020.

The petitioner seeks the constitution of an arbitral tribunal to resolve the dispute purportedly arising out of an agreement dated 13.02.2020, which is tiled as A.R.Rahman Concert, Pune and Hyderabad Investors Agreement (the Agreement).

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner pointed out that clause 10 of the Agreement provides for the resolution of disputes through arbitration and further pointed out that a notice under Section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the Arbitration Act) was issued to all the respondents herein on 17.12.2020. Although all the respondents received such notice, it was submitted that only the third respondent replied thereto.

3. Learned counsel contended that the present petition is liable to be allowed for the following reasons:

(i) Although the second and third respondents did not sign the Agreement, they admittedly financed the organization and conduct of concerts pursua