The present research paper seeks to make a comparative study of the interim measures ordered by the court and the arbitral tribunal under section 9 and section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 in the light of recent amendments introduced by the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2016) (w.r.e.f. 23-10-2015). The paper also analyzes whether the arbitral tribunal has come at par with the court in theory only or in practice too. The legislative and judicial trends have also been examined in the conceptual and applied aspects.