ARBITRATION

AGREEMENTS AND
STAMP DUTY
BY
A N U B H AV L A M B A
LLM056223
Introduction

STAMP DUTY ARBITRATION ACT ARBITRATION

CLAUSE
Judicial History

M/S SMS Tea

M. Anasuya Devi
Estates (P) Ltd. v
v M Manik Reddy
M/S Chandamari
2003 (9) SCALE
Tea Co. Ltd.
12
(2011) 14 SCC 66

Garware Wall
Ropes Limited v. Vidya Drolia &
Coastal Marine Ors. v Durga
Constructions & Trading
Engineering Corporation
Limited (2019) 9 (2021) 2 SCC 1
SCC 209
NN Global Cases
NN Global Mercantile Pvt.
Ltd. v. Indo Unique Flame
Ltd (2021) 4 SCC 379 (NN
Global 1)

2023

2021

NN Global Mercantile Pvt.

Ltd. v. Indo Unique Flame
Ltd 2023 SCC OnLine SC
495 (NN Global 2)
UNDERSTANDING “IN RE: THE INTERPLAY

Status of Arbitration Agreements under

Unstamped/Inadequately Stamped Contracts
Arguments by Parties

Petitioners Respondents

Unstamped
Autonomy of Not Autonomous
Curable Defect Arbitration
Arbitration Clause Clause
Agreements Void
 • Section 35 of the Stamp Act
Decision
• Courts Jurisdiction
• Doctrine of Separability
• Kompetenz-Kompetenz Rule
• Supremacy of Arbitration Act
Position in Other Jurisdictions

• UK
• USA
• Singapore
• New York Convention
• UNCITRAL Model
Conclusion
Thank you