In force · As amended up to 2026-08
29. Decision making by panel of arbitrators.
29A.Time limit for arbitral award.
29B. Fast track procedure.
30. Settlement.
31. Form and contents of arbitral award.
31A. Regime for costs .
32. Termination of proceedings.
33. Correction and interpretation of award; additional award.
CHAPTER VII
Recourse against arbitral award
34. Application for setting aside arbitral awards.
CHAPTER VIII
Finality and enforcement of arbitral awards
35. Finality of arbitral awards.
36. Enforcement.
CHAPTER IX
Appeals
37. Appealable orders.
CHAPTER X
Miscellaneous
38. Deposits.
39. Lien on arbitral award and deposits as to costs.
40. Arbitration agreement not to be discharged by death of party thereto.
41. Provisions in case of insolvency.
9. Interim measures, etc., by Court.—[1] [(1)]A party may, before or during arbitral proceedings or at any time after the making of the arbitral award but before it is enforced in accordance with section 36, — apply to a court
(i) for the appointment of a guardian for a minor or person of unsound mind for the purposes of arbitral proceedings; or
(ii) for an interim measure of protection in respect of any of the following matters, namely: —
(a) the preservation, interim custody or sale of any goods which are the subject-matter of the arbitration agreement;
(b) securing the amount in dispute in the arbitration;
(c) the detention, preservation or inspection of any property or thing which is the subjectmatter of the dispute in arbitration, or as to which any question may arise therein and authorising for any of the aforesaid purposes any person to enter upon any land or building in the possession of any party, or authorising any samples to be taken or any observation to be made, or experiment to be tried, which may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of obtaining full information or evidence;
(d) interim injunction or the appointment of a receiver;
(e) such other interim measure of protection as may appear to the Court to be just and convenient,
and the Court shall have the same power for making orders as it has for the purpose of, and in relation to, any proceedings before it.
2[(2) Where, before the commencement of the arbitral proceedings, a Court passes an order for any interim measure of protection under sub-section (1), the arbitral proceedings shall be commenced within a period of ninety days from the date of such order or within such further time as the Court may determine.
(3) Once the arbitral tribunal has been constituted, the Court shall not entertain an application under sub-section (1), unless the Court finds that circumstances exist which may not render the remedy provided under section 17 efficacious.]
9. The arbitrator has a close family relationship with one of the parties and in the case of companies with the persons in the management and controlling the company.
Source: India Code