The article urges a larger bench of the Supreme Court to address the conflation of venue and seat in arbitration clauses.

To improve the enforcement of arbitration awards, one step is to establish more benches for time-bound disposal of execution petitions.

If an improper construction of Section 36 of Stamp Act is allowed, it would defeat the original purpose of safeguarding state revenue.

It may be prudent for the SC to issue clarifications with respect to the various matters in question which remain unanswered in NN Global.

The author analyses NN Global by comparing it to the pre-conditions of this judgment and its impact on the arbitration mechanism in India.