NEELKANTH MANSIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED vs URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE TRUSTEES LIMITED & ANR.

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2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 10653

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
J.B. PARDIWALA, R. MAHADEVAN, JJ
NEELKANTH MANSIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED – Appellant
Versus
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE TRUSTEES LIMITED & ANR. – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv., Mr. Nakul Dewan, Sr. Adv., Mr. Kazan Shroff, Adv., Mr. Sharad Bansal, Adv., Mr. M.s. Federal, Adv., Mr. Murtuza Federal, Adv., Ms. Rashne Mulla-feroze, Adv., Mr. Aaroha Kulkarni, Adv., Mr. Nikhil Jalan, Adv., Ms. Anusha Nagarajan, Adv., Ms. Sumedha Sarkar, Adv., Ms. Atmaja, Adv., Mr. Rony Oommen John, AOR, Mr. Arshdeep Singh, Adv., Mr. Amay Bahri, Adv., Mr. Satyender Saharan, Adv.
For the Respondents: Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kual, Sr. Adv., Mr. Amarjit Singh Bedi, Adv., Ms. Surekha Raman, Adv., Mr. Aditya Bapat, Adv., Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, Adv., Mr. Shreya’s H Kumar, Adv., Mr. J.s.kini, Adv., Mr. Prabhat Chaurasia, Adv., Mr. Aum Kini, Adv., Mr. Jasdeep Singh Dhillon, Adv., Ms. Kenisha Savla, Adv., Mr. Anirudh Jamwal, Adv.

Table of Content
1. context of arbitration under the arbitration act. (Para 1 , 2)
2. arguments on the arbitrability of trust existence. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7)
3. court's position on the arbitrator's role. (Para 8 , 9)
4. final disposition of the petitions. (Para 10 , 11)

O R D E R

2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the impugned order passed by the High Court appointing an Arbitrator essentially on the ground that no Trust exists and there are no contributories and in such circumstances the High Court could not have asked the Arbitrator to resolve the dispute between the parties.

4. Mr. Sibal has raised the following four questions of law for the consideration of this Court:-

(b) Whether the issue of extinguishment of a trust had a direct bearing on the threshold maintainability of the Section 11 Application filed by Respondent No. 1?

(d) Whether the Petitioner was estopped from raising a dispute regarding the validity of the extinguished trust in light of the judgment dated 22 April 2025 passed in Urban Infrastructure Trustees Ltd. & Anr. v. Kishor N. Shah & Ors., I.A No 1144 of 2021 in Commercial Execution Application No. 194 of 2020 ("Order dated 22.04.2025"), to which the Petitioner

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2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 10653

SUPREME COURT OF INDIAJ.B. PARDIWALA, R. MAHADEVAN, JJNEELKANTH MANSIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED – AppellantVersusURBAN INFRASTRUCTURE TRUSTEES LIMITED & ANR. – Respondent

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
J.B. PARDIWALA, R. MAHADEVAN, JJ
NEELKANTH MANSIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED – Appellant
Versus
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE TRUSTEES LIMITED & ANR. – Respondent