* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 8^th OCTOBER, 2025 IN THE MATTER OF:

+ FAO(OS) (COMM) 172/2023 & CM APPL. 43016/2023 INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED .....Appellant Through: Ms. Pooja Saigal, Senior Advocate with Ms. Aditi Sinha, Mr. Jatin Dua, Mr. Dhruv Malik, Advocates versus MAN INDUSTRIES (INDIA) LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Ms. Amrita Singh, Mr. Vinod Mehta, Mr. Ankit Gupta, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR

JUDGMENT

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J.

1. The present Appeal is filed by the Appellant under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as „the Act‟) seeking to challenge the Judgment dated 01.06.2023 (hereinafter referred to as „Impugned Judgment‟) passed in O.M.P. (Comm.) 252 of 2018 and I.A. No. 13103 of 2022, whereby the Single Judge has held that the unilateral appointment of the Arbitrator by the Appellant makes the Arbitrator de jure ineligible to act as such and has set aside the Arbitral Award dated 03.02.2018 (hereinafter referred to as „Award‟), which was passed in favour of the Appellant, as being void and unenforceable.

2. Shorn of unnecessa