Authority: High Court of Uttarakhand, Commercial Court, Dehradun (Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, A.C.J.; Hon'ble Subhash Upadhyay, J.)

Order Date: 15‑Oct‑2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioner: Sns Infraprojects Pvt Ltd filed a petition under Section 9(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking interim measures against respondents Shri Guru Ram Rai Education Mission and another party.
  • The Commercial Court, Dehradun had earlier directed the respondents not to encash two Performance Guarantees (bank guarantees) for a period of six months.
  • Petitioner subsequently applied for an extension of the interim protection against invocation of the Performance Guarantees/Bank Guarantees.
  • An order dated 08‑Oct‑2026 fixed 24‑Oct‑2026 for hearing the extension application. The petitioner challenged this order through the present writ petition.

Final Outcome

  • The writ petition is disposed with a direction to the Commercial Court, Dehradun to endeavour to dispose of the petitioner’s extension application on 24‑Oct‑2026; if disposal on that date is not possible, it must be concluded within two weeks thereafter.
  • Until the Section 9 application is finally disposed, the status quo regarding the Performance Guarantees shall be maintained, i.e., the respondents may not encash the bank guarantees.

Topics: Legal, Arbitration, Performance Guarantees