https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174879 A judicial order cannot be treated as void or ignored by an arbitrator merely because a party believes civil court jurisdiction is excluded; until set aside by the issuing court, it must be obeyed and given effect. Applying that principle, the respondent society had sufficient cause for non-appearance because it had obtained an interim restraint order and could reasonably expect the arbitration not to proceed. The ex parte proceedings were therefore unfair, and the award was liable to be set aside. Fresh bi-parte hearing before a newly appointed arbitrator was required, and the appeal failed. en-us Wed, 21 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:23:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174879 A judicial order cannot be treated as void or ignored by an arbitrator merely because a party believes civil court jurisdiction is excluded; until set aside by the issuing court, it must be obeyed and given effect. Applying that principle, the respondent society had sufficient cause for non-appearance because it had obtained an interim restraint order and could reasonably expect the arbitration not to proceed. The ex parte proceedings were therefore unfair, and the award was liable to be set aside. Fresh bi-parte hearing before a newly appointed arbitrator was required, and the appeal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 21 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174879