{"id":299153,"date":"2023-08-14T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T03:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=299153"},"modified":"2023-08-12T15:59:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T10:29:19","slug":"2023-scc-vol-7-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/08\/14\/2023-scc-vol-7-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 SCC Vol. 7 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996<\/a> &#8212; Ss. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7<\/a>:<\/span> Non-payment or deficient payment of stamp duty on substantive contract comprising\/containing arbitration clause, or on standalone arbitration agreement, in cases where payment of stamp duty is mandatory, renders such arbitration agreement as non-existent pending payment of (the balance) stamp duty. 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