This article delves into the legal landscape on Section 9 applications and stamp duty requirements for arbitration agreements in India.

[Harshal and Shaswat are students at Gujarat National Law University.] The recent judgement passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India...

By harmoniously constructing relevant legislations, a court under a Section 11 will not dwell on the stamping of an agreement.

SC has held that an agreement containing an arbitration clause is unenforceable in law if it is not stamped or is insufficiently stamped.

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.