law: The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
  77. Resort to
  
  arbitral or judicial proceedings.
  The parties shall not
  
  initiate, during the conciliation proceedings, any arbitral or judicial
  
  proceedings in respect of a dispute that is the subject- matter of the
  
  conciliation proceedings except that a party may initiate arbitral or judicial
  
  proceedings where, in his opinion, such proceedings are necessary for
  
  preserving his rights.