Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 1066 · Decided 13 December 2023
In Re: Interplay Between Arbitration Agreements Under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 and the Indian Stamp Act 1899 v. .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 1066 · [2023] 15 S.C.R. 1081
- Case number
- CURATIVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 44/2023
- Decided
- 13 December 2023
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, SANJIV KHANNA, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, SURYA KANT, J.B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA (7-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act Section 2(g); Arbitration Act Section 8, 11, 5; Stamp Act Section 35
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue at hand arose in the context of three statutes; the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, and the Indian Contract Act, 1872. The Stamp Act imposes duty on "instruments". Arbitration agreements are often embedded in underlying instruments or substantive
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