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1. Non-Stamping of arbitration agreements - Agreements which are not stamped or are inadequately stamped are inadmissible in evidence under Section 35 of the Stamp Act....

2. Fresh claim of exemption by way of application u/s 154 - Claim of exemption under Section 10(10C) - AO directed to examine the claim on merit - AT

3. Contempt of Court - willful disobedience - The breach of undertaking amounts to contempt as defined under Section 2 (b) of Contempt of Court Act but a remedy is provided...

4. Arbitration agreement - Applicability on the party who is not the signatory of the agreement - Scope of Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - The...

5. Arbitration - Section 16(1)(a) provides that an arbitration clause which forms part of the contract shall be treated as an agreement independent of the other terms of...

6. Rejection of applications under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - There being no doubt about non-existence of arbitration agreement in relation...

7. Jurisdiction of the referral court at pre-referral stage - arbitration agreement - If the dispute/issue with respect to the existence and validity of an arbitration...

8. Existence of arbitration agreement between the parties - This Court is of the opinion that merely because the proposal forwarded on behalf of the respondents, by letter...

9. Principal of natural justice - Petition filed for arbitration as well as insolvency - impugned order has been passed in violation of principles of natural justice...

10. Forum for Arbitration - Seat of the arbitral proceedings - The closest connection test strongly relied upon by Mr. Himani would only apply if it is unclear that a seat...

11. Arbitration agreement - group company - binding of the agreement on the subsidiary company - A non-signatory can be bound by an arbitration agreement on the basis of the...

12. TDS u/s 195 - disallowance u/s. 40(a)(i) - chargeability of amount to tax in India - rendering of technical services under India-Singapore tax treaty - whether being...

13. Appointment of Arbitrator in applications - notified claims or not - Section 11(6) of the Arbitration Act - It is observed that the learned Arbitrator shall first decide...

14. Scope of arbitration agreement - the arbitration clause continues to be enforceable, notwithstanding a declaration that the contract was null and void. - SC

15. The Chief Justice, in his administrative capacity, cannot constitute a Larger Bench for the purpose of deciding a pure question of law simply because the Chief Justice...