267 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ARB-778-2025(O&M)

Date of Decision: 02.04.2026 M/S D2B ENTERPRISES LLP ....Petitioner(s)

Versus MADAN LAL JAIN AND OTHERS .....Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI Present: Mr. Amit Jhanji, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sanjay Vij, Advocate, Mr. Shashank Shekhar Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Uday Vij, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Shubail Farook, Advocate and ` Mr. Himanshu Kashyap, Advocate, for the respondents.

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JASGURPREET SINGH PURI , J. (Oral)

1. Reply filed by the respondents is taken on record.

2. The present petition has been filed under Section 11(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’)

for appointment of a Sole Arbitrator.

3. Learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that there is a collaboration agreement between the petitioner and the respondents. The petitioner is the builder and the respondents are the landowners and the collaboration agreement has been attached with the present petition as Annexure P-1 dated 04.01.2024. He submitted that in the aforesaid agreement, there is an arbitration clause i.e Clause 42, which provi