<b>Brief case:</b> Interim order can go beyond arbitration

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Interim order can go beyond arbitration

The Supreme Court has held that an interim order made before, during or even after an award by an arbitrator will continue in force till the award is enforced. Interpreting Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, the court stated so in the appeal of UltraTech Cement Ltd against the judgment of the Rajasthan High Court which had ruled in favour of the state Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. In this case, the two parties signed an agreement by which UltraTech was allowed to take away fly ash free for five years and thereafter