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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on:16th January, 2026 Pronounced on:19th January, 2026 + ARB. A. (COMM.) 11/2026, I.A. 1249/2026, I.A. 1250/2026 & I.A.

1251/2026 M/S R. K. ASSOCIATES AND HOTELIERS PVT. LTD.

.....Appellant Through: Mr. Sandeep Sethi and Mr. Sudhir Makkar, Sr. Advs. with Mr. Jasmeet Singh, Mr. Mahinder Singh Hura, Mr. Saif Ali, Mr. Pushpendra S. Bhadoriya, Mr. Vijay Sharma, Mr. Krisna Gambhir, Ms. Shreya Sethi, Ms. Riya Kumar, Mr. Akhilesh Kumar, Ms. Aadhya Shrotriya, Ms. Sanya C. Oberoi, Mr. Pranav Menon, Mr. Saurav and Mr. Ajith Willyams, Advocates Mob: 9910159955 Email: aor.jasmeetsingh@gmail.com versus INDIAN RAILWAY CATERING AND TOURISM CORPORATION LIMITED (IRCTC) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Saurav Agrawal and Mr. Rajat Malhotra, Advocates with Mr. Saksham Gupta, Ms. Madhu K. Singh, Ms. Kiran Devrani, Mr. Anshuman Chowdhary, Ms. Nikita Rathi and Mr. Parmeet Singh, Advocates Mob: 9953769317 CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA

JUDGMENT

1. The present appeal has been filed under Section 37 (2)(b) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Arbitration Act”) against the interim order dated 12^th January, 2026 (“impugned order”) passed by t