Delhi High Court · 2025

$~89 & 90 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + O.M.P. (COMM) 174/2025 & I.A. 11409/2025, I.A. 11410/2025 M/S SDREEN INDIA PVT LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. N. Hariharan, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Abhijat, Sr. Adv. withwith Ms. Nandini Sahni, Mr. RAhul Kr. Singh, Ms. Kashish Ahuja, Mr. Aman Akhtar, Mr. Vinayak Gautam, Ms. Vasundhara N., Ms. Sana Singh, Advs. versus SMT. MEENA CHAWLA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Jayant Mehta, Sr. Adv with Mr. Vierat K. Anand, Mr. Kumar Shashank, Mr. Harish Nadda, Mr. Vikalp Singh, Mr. Rachit Chawla, Advs. 90 + O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 158/2025 SMT. MEENA CHAWLA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jayant Mehta, Sr. Adv with Mr. Vierat K. Anand, Mr. Kumar Shashank, Mr. Harish Nadda, Mr. Vikalp Singh, Mr. Rachit Chawla, Advs. versus M/S SDREEN INDIAN PVT LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. N. Hariharan, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Abhijat, Sr. Adv. withwith Ms. Nandini Sahni, Mr. RAhul Kr. Singh, Ms. Kashish Ahuja, Mr. Aman Akhtar, Mr. Vinayak Gautam, Ms. Vasundhara N., Ms. Sana Singh, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 22.05.2025 1. These are two petitions filed under Section 34 and Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, respectively. 2. The petitioner in O.M.P.(I)(COMM.) 158/2025, i.e. Smt. Meena Chawla, is the award holder of an award dated 20.03.2025 and seeks This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 17/06/2025 at 19:17:54 appointment of a Court Receiver to take custody of the subject property and also to ensure all movable articles, lying at the premises and belonging to the petitioner, remain intact. 3. The petitioner in O.M.P.(COMM.) 174/2025, i.e. M/s Sdreen India Pvt. Ltd., has filed objections against the said arbitral award against the petitioner in O.M.P.(I)(COMM.) 158/2025, i.e. Smt. Meena Chawla. 4. During the pendency of the proceedings, the parties have arrived at a settlement. 5. It is agreed that M/s Sdreen India Pvt. Ltd. shall hand over vacant and peaceful possession of the property in dispute, i.e. E-3, Ansal Villas, Village Satbari, New Delhi – 110074 (hereinafter referred to as “Subject Property”) on or before 10.06.2025 to Smt. Meena Chawla. Simultaneously, Smt. Meena Chawla shall hand over a sum of Rs.22,50,000/- being the security deposit by way of demand draft on the said date to Mr. Sikander Behl, Director of the M/s Sdreen India Pvt. Ltd. 6. The said amount of Rs.22,50,000/- shall be in full and final settlement of all claims of parties against each other. 7. On payment of Rs.22,50,000/- and on handing over the possession, there shall be no claims arising, either out of the arbitral award dated 20.03.2025 or any other transaction between the parties whatsoever. The amounts of Rs.52,61,250/- or Rs.7,50,000/- per month as awarded in the award dated 20.03.2025 also shall stand waived. 8. Smt. Meena Chawla and/or her son, namely Mr. Rachit Chawla, shall cooperate and give requisite no-objection certificates/affidavit and statements in Court, as and when required in FIR No. 0326/2022 under This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 17/06/2025 at 19:17:54 Sections 379/427/120B/34 IPC, PS Maidan Garhi, New Delhi and FIR No. 0091/2023 under Sections 406/468/471/420/34 IPC, PS Maidan Garhi, New Delhi. 9. Smt. Meena Chawla and her son are neither the complainants nor have anything to do with FIR No. 514/2023 under Sections 468/471 IPC, PS Saket, New Delhi and FIR No. 526/2023 under Sections 186/332/333/353/506/34 IPC, PS Maidan Garhi, New Delhi and have no objection to quashing of the said FIRs. 10. Mr. Sikander Behl has joined through video conferencing mode and Mr. Rachit Chawla is present in Court today on behalf of Smt. Meena Chawla. They have understood the contents, ambit and scope and the order passed today and undertake that M/s Sdreen India Pvt. Ltd. and Smt. Meena Chawla shall remain bound by the same. 11. Any breach on either of the parties shall amount to a violation of the undertaking given in this Court. 12. Mr. Mehta, learned senior counsel for Smt. Meena Chawla, requests that a local commissioner be appointed to visit premises and videograph and inventorise all movable assets as per the Schedule I of the Lease Deed dated 13.06.2019. 13. Hence, Mr. Aditya V. Kundra (Advocate) (Mobile No. 8860023364) is appointed as the Local Commissioner, who shall visit the premises at on 24.05.2025 at 4:30 PM and videograph and inventorise all movable assets as per the Schedule I of the Lease Deed dated 13.06.2019. 14. This fee of the Local Commissioner shall be paid by Smt. Meena Chawla and is fixed at Rs.1.5 lakhs. 15. The Local Commissioner shall again visit the premises on 10.06.2025 This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 17/06/2025 at 19:17:54 at 11:00 AM to ensure the handing over of vacant possession of the premises to Smt. Meena Chawla and handing over of the demand draft of Rs.22,50,000/- to Mr. Sikander Behl. 16. On the said date and time, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the respondent and authorised representatives of the parties are entitled to be present at the subject property to hand over/take over possession and to hand over the demand draft. 17. The Local Commissioner shall be paid another fee of Rs. 1 lakh, in equal portions by both the parties on or before 10.06.2025. 18. Mr. Sikander Behl and/or any other occupant the subject property shall ensure that all movables as well as the property are kept in the same way as it exists today. 19. Additionally, all movables belonging to M/s Sdreen India Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Sikander Behl shall be entitled to be removed on or before 10.06.2025. 20. The orders dated 05.05.2025 and 07.05.2025 passed by this Court are modified to this extent only. 21. The present petitions are disposed of in the aforesaid terms. JASMEET SINGH, J MAY 22, 2025/sp Click here to check corrigendum, if any

$~89 & 90 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + O.M.P. (COMM) 174/2025 & I.A. 11409/2025, I.A. 11410/2025 M/S SDREEN INDIA PVT LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. N. Hariharan, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Abhijat, Sr. Adv. withwith Ms. Nandini Sahni, Mr. RAhul Kr. Singh, Ms. Kashish Ahuja, Mr. Aman Akhtar, Mr. Vinayak Gautam, Ms. Vasundhara N., Ms. Sana Singh, Advs. versus SMT. MEENA CHAWLA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Jayant Mehta, Sr. Adv with Mr. Vierat K. Anand, Mr. Kumar Shashank, Mr. Harish Nadda, Mr. Vikalp Singh, Mr. Rachit Chawla, Advs. 90 + O.M.P.(I) (COMM.) 158/2025 SMT. MEENA CHAWLA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jayant Mehta, Sr. Adv with Mr. Vierat K. Anand, Mr. Kumar Shashank, Mr. Harish Nadda, Mr. Vikalp Singh, Mr. Rachit Chawla, Advs. versus M/S SDREEN INDIAN PVT LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. N. Hariharan, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Abhijat, Sr. Adv. withwith Ms. Nandini Sahni, Mr. RAhul Kr. Singh, Ms. Kashish Ahuja, Mr. Aman Akhtar, Mr. Vinayak Gautam, Ms. Vasundhara N., Ms. Sana Singh, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 22.05.2025 1. These are two petitions filed under Section 34 and Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, respectively. 2. The petitioner in O.M.P.(I)(COMM.) 158/2025, i.e. Smt. Meena Chawla, is the award holder of an award dated 20.03.2025 and seeks This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 17/06/2025 at 19:17:54 appointment of a Court Receiver to take custody of the subject property and also to ensure all movable articles, lying at the premises and belonging to the petitioner, remain intact. 3. The petitioner in O.M.P.(COMM.) 174/2025, i.e. M/s Sdreen India Pvt. Ltd., has filed objections against the said arbitral award against the petitioner in O.M.P.(I)(COMM.) 158/2025, i.e. Smt. Meena Chawla. 4. During the pendency of the proceedings, the parties have arrived at a settlement. 5. It is agreed that M/s Sdreen India Pvt. Ltd. shall hand over vacant and peaceful possession of the property in dispute, i.e. E-3, Ansal Villas, Village Satbari, New Delhi – 110074 (hereinafter referred to as “Subject Property”) on or before 10.06.2025 to Smt. Meena Chawla. Simultaneously, Smt. Meena Chawla shall hand over a sum of Rs.22,50,000/- being the security deposit by way of demand draft on the said date to Mr. Sikander Behl, Director of the M/s Sdreen India Pvt. Ltd. 6. The said amount of Rs.22,50,000/- shall be in full and final settlement of all claims of parties against each other. 7. On payment of Rs.22,50,000/- and on handing over the possession, there shall be no claims arising, either out of the arbitral award dated 20.03.2025 or any other transaction between the parties whatsoever. The amounts of Rs.52,61,250/- or Rs.7,50,000/- per month as awarded in the award dated 20.03.2025 also shall stand waived. 8. Smt. Meena Chawla and/or her son, namely Mr. Rachit Chawla, shall cooperate and give requisite no-objection certificates/affidavit and statements in Court, as and when required in FIR No. 0326/2022 under This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 17/06/2025 at 19:17:54 Sections 379/427/120B/34 IPC, PS Maidan Garhi, New Delhi and FIR No. 0091/2023 under Sections 406/468/471/420/34 IPC, PS Maidan Garhi, New Delhi. 9. Smt. Meena Chawla and her son are neither the complainants nor have anything to do with FIR No. 514/2023 under Sections 468/471 IPC, PS Saket, New Delhi and FIR No. 526/2023 under Sections 186/332/333/353/506/34 IPC, PS Maidan Garhi, New Delhi and have no objection to quashing of the said FIRs. 10. Mr. Sikander Behl has joined through video conferencing mode and Mr. Rachit Chawla is present in Court today on behalf of Smt. Meena Chawla. They have understood the contents, ambit and scope and the order passed today and undertake that M/s Sdreen India Pvt. Ltd. and Smt. Meena Chawla shall remain bound by the same. 11. Any breach on either of the parties shall amount to a violation of the undertaking given in this Court. 12. Mr. Mehta, learned senior counsel for Smt. Meena Chawla, requests that a local commissioner be appointed to visit premises and videograph and inventorise all movable assets as per the Schedule I of the Lease Deed dated 13.06.2019. 13. Hence, Mr. Aditya V. Kundra (Advocate) (Mobile No. 8860023364) is appointed as the Local Commissioner, who shall visit the premises at on 24.05.2025 at 4:30 PM and videograph and inventorise all movable assets as per the Schedule I of the Lease Deed dated 13.06.2019. 14. This fee of the Local Commissioner shall be paid by Smt. Meena Chawla and is fixed at Rs.1.5 lakhs. 15. The Local Commissioner shall again visit the premises on 10.06.2025 This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 17/06/2025 at 19:17:54 at 11:00 AM to ensure the handing over of vacant possession of the premises to Smt. Meena Chawla and handing over of the demand draft of Rs.22,50,000/- to Mr. Sikander Behl. 16. On the said date and time, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the respondent and authorised representatives of the parties are entitled to be present at the subject property to hand over/take over possession and to hand over the demand draft. 17. The Local Commissioner shall be paid another fee of Rs. 1 lakh, in equal portions by both the parties on or before 10.06.2025. 18. Mr. Sikander Behl and/or any other occupant the subject property shall ensure that all movables as well as the property are kept in the same way as it exists today. 19. Additionally, all movables belonging to M/s Sdreen India Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Sikander Behl shall be entitled to be removed on or before 10.06.2025. 20. The orders dated 05.05.2025 and 07.05.2025 passed by this Court are modified to this extent only. 21. The present petitions are disposed of in the aforesaid terms. JASMEET SINGH, J MAY 22, 2025/sp Click here to check corrigendum, if any