1 arbp1425-10 vai IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ARBITRATION PETITION NO.1425 OF 2010 Veena Nalin Merchant ....Petitioner V/s. M/s.Laljjee Godhoo & Co. & Ors. ....Respondents Mr.Cyrus Ardeshir with Mr.Punit Damodar i/b Kanga & Co. for the Petitioner. Ms.Rajani Iyer, Senior Counsel with Mr.S.Sabari Rajan i/b K.Ashar & Co. for the Respondents. CORAM : S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. DATE : 26TH APRIL, 2011. P.C. :- 1. This is a petition under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. 2. A reference has already been made to the sole arbitrator. The petition is disposed of by the following order for which the parties do not insist on reasons. i). The petition is made absolute in terms of prayer (b) except the words “dealing with” bracketed in red. ii). Ms.Iyer makes a statement on behalf of the respondents that pending the arbitration and the arbitrator making and publishing the award and for a period of ninety days thereafter, the respondents will not dispose of, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or in any other manner encumber the rights in, to, upon or in respect of the trademarks, goodwill, labels and 2 arbp1425-10 name described in the table set out in Exhibit “A” to the petition or create any third party rights in respect thereof. The statement is accepted. iii). The parties are at liberty to apply to the learned arbitrator under section 9 of the said Act for further interim reliefs including those sought in this petition. The statement is without prejudice to all the rights and contentions of the parties.