JUDGMENT :

M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J.

1. Aggrieved by the order dated 28.01.2022 passed in ICOMAOA No.11 of 2021 by the learned single Judge, the present appeal is preferred under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.

2. The parties to the appeal will hereinafter be referred as arrayed before the learned single Judge for the sake of convenience and to avoid confusion.

3. The petitioner (respondent herein) before the learned single Judge, filed an application under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking the following reliefs:

(a) pass an order of interim injunction in favour of the petitioner and against the respondent, restraining the respondent, from directly or indirectly through its nominees, agents, associates, affiliates, representatives or employees, in any manner, acquiring, selling, encumbering, alienating, transferring, issuing delivery orders getting possession or otherwise dealing with the cargo of 7,600 MTs out of the 32,770 MTs of coal discharged by the Vessel MV Port Tokyo and currently lying at the V.O. Chidambaranar Port at Tuticorin in the month of August 2021, till the disposal of the present petition;

(b) pass an order appointing