$~46 & 58 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 21.01.2026 + O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 413/2025 & I.A. 24897/2025 (Seeking exemption from filing clear copies of dim documents)

ORIENTAL FOUNDRY PRIVATE LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. R. Sudhinder, Mr. Ashish Mukhi, Mr. Sanidhya Sonthalia & Mr. Kanishk Pandey, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Shashank Dixit, CGSC with Mr. Kunal Raj, Adv.

58 + ARB.P. 150/2026 & I.A. 1707/2026 (Ex. From filing clear copies of dim documents)

ORIENTAL FOUNDRY PRIVATE LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. R. Sudhinder, Mr. Ashish Mukhi, Mr. Sanidhya Sonthalia & Mr. Kanishk Pandey, Advs.

versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through:

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR % JUDGEMENT (ORAL)

HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J.

ARB.P. 150/2026

1. This is a petition filed under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, [“the Act”] seeks appointment of an arbitrator in terms of the arbitration clause, being clause 18 under a Contract No. 2022/RS(I)/954/151/1884, dated 10.02.2022, for manufacture and supply of wagons. Clause 18 of the Contract reads as under:

“18.0 Settlement of Disputes (Arb