law: The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
  39. Lien on arbitral
  
  award and deposits as to costs.
  1.  
  
    Subject
  
  to the provisions of sub-section (2) to any provision to the contrary in the
  
  arbitration agreement, the arbitral tribunal shall have a lien on the arbitral
  
  award for any unpaid costs of the arbitration.
  2.  
  
    If
  
  in any case an arbitral tribunal refuses to deliver its award except on payment
  
  of the costs demanded by it, the Court may, on an application in this behalf,
  
  order that the arbitral tribunal shall deliver the arbitral award to the
  
  applicant on payment into Court by the applicant of the costs demanded, and
  
  shall, after such inquiry, if any, as it thinks fit, further order that out of
  
  the money so paid into Court there shall be paid to the arbitral tribunal by
  
  way of costs such sum as the Court may consider reasonable and that the balance
  
  of the money, if any, shall be refunded to the applicant.
  3.  
  
    An
  
  application under sub-section (2) may be made by any party unless the fees
  
  demanded have been fixed by written agreement between him and the arbitral
  
  tribunal and the arbitral tribunal shall be entitled to appear and he heard on
  
  any such application.
  4.  
  
    The
  
  Court may make such orders as it thinks fit respecting the costs of the
  
  arbitration where any question arises respecting such costs and the arbitral
  
  award contains no sufficient provision concerning them.