$~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 20.04.2026 + O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 80/2026, I.A. 5424/2026 (For Exemption)

& I.A.10741/2026 (For U/Section 9 Read With Order VII Rule 10 Read With Order I Rule 10 Read With Section 151 of The CPC)

GKB HI-TECH LENSES PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS.

.....Petitioners Through: Mr. Amit Sibal and Mr.

Rajshekhar Rao, Senior Advocates along with Mr.

Manu Nair, Mr. Ameya Gokhale, Mr. Renjith Nair, Mr.

Neelabh Shreesh, Mr. Chintan Gandhi, Mr. Aryan Roy, Ms.

Anushka Bhardwaj, Ms.

Aalokaa Verma, Mr. Darpan Sachdeva, Mr. Ankit Handa, Ms. Ramayni Sood and Mr. Harshil Wason, Advocates.

versus ESSILOR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS. ...Respondents Through: Mr. Rajiv Nayar, Senior Advocate along with Mr.

Manmeet Singh, Mr. Akash Ray, Mr. Ajay Raj, Ms. Manjira Dasgupta, Advocates for R-1 &

R-7 i/b Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.

Mr. Ashim Sood, Ms. Palak Nagar and Ms. Senu Nizar, Advocates for R-3.

CORAM:

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

1. The present Petition, filed under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Act, seeks the following ad interim measures against the Respondents:

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a. Stay the effect and operation of