https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281341 Where a dispute is referable to arbitration, a civil court may treat a suit or application as one for interim relief under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and preserve the status quo pending constitution of the arbitral forum. The court granted interim protection against dispossession of the parties in possession until appointment of the arbitrator and for a short period thereafter, leaving them free to approach the arbitrator for further interim orders. The operative effect is that possession can be safeguarded in aid of arbitration even where civil court proceedings are considered non-maintainable because of an arbitration clause. en-us Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:13:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281341 Where a dispute is referable to arbitration, a civil court may treat a suit or application as one for interim relief under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and preserve the status quo pending constitution of the arbitral forum. The court granted interim protection against dispossession of the parties in possession until appointment of the arbitrator and for a short period thereafter, leaving them free to approach the arbitrator for further interim orders. The operative effect is that possession can be safeguarded in aid of arbitration even where civil court proceedings are considered non-maintainable because of an arbitration clause. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281341