Further, the court relied on the judgment in Satwant Singh Sodhi v. State of Punjab & Ors. (1999) and held that for any order to be termed as an interim award, it must finally determine the rights of the parties and any order which does not give any imprimatur on the rights of the parties cannot be termed as an interim award. Then, the court rejected the petition and held that an order dismissing an application under Section 23(3) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act is only a procedural order and does not qualify as an 'interim award' amenable to challenge under Section 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act. Case Title: NTPC LIMITED versus STARCON INFRA PROJECTS INDIA PVT LTD Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 329 Case Number: O.M.P. (COMM) 234/2024 & I.A. 29934/2024, I.A. 29936/2024 Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr Puneet Taneja, Mr Amit Yadav, Mr Anil Kumar, Mr Manmohan Singh Narula, Advocates.