CURATIVE PET(C) No. 44/2023 in R.P.(C) No. 704/2021 in C.A. No. 1599/2020
IN RE INTERPLAY BETWEEN ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS UNDER THE ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT 1996 AND THE INDIAN STAMP ACT 1899. VS
The Supreme Court held that that arbitration agreement or arbitration clause contained in an unstamped or inadequately stamped contract is valid and can be acted upon. The Court also held that a contract which is not stamped or is inadequately stamped is not void but is only inadmissible in evidence. The Court declared that the decisions in N N Global 2 and SMS Tea Estates were incorrect. The judgment of the Court was authored by Chief Justice Chandrachud. Justice Sanjiv Khanna wrote a separate concurring opinion.
View Full JudgmentCURATIVE PET(C) No. 44/2023 in R.P.(C) No. 704/2021 in C.A. No. 1599/2020
IN RE INTERPLAY BETWEEN ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS UNDER THE ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT 1996 AND THE INDIAN STAMP ACT 1899. VS
The Supreme Court held that that arbitration agreement or arbitration clause contained in an unstamped or inadequately stamped contract is valid and can be acted upon. The Court also held that a contract which is not stamped or is inadequately stamped is not void but is only inadmissible in evidence. The Court declared that the decisions in N N Global 2 and SMS Tea Estates were incorrect. The judgment of the Court was authored by Chief Justice Chandrachud. Justice Sanjiv Khanna wrote a separate concurring opinion.
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November 29 1963
Civil Appeal/514/1963
Hon'ble Justice P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR AND K.C. DAS GUPTA
MCLEOD AND COMPANY LTD. Vs. WORKMEN
November 29 1963
Civil Appeal/514/1963
Honourable Judge P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR AND K.C. DAS GUPTA
MCLEOD AND COMPANY LTD. Vs. WORKMEN
March 18 2019
CRP/6528/2018
Hon'ble Justice U.DURGA PRASAD RAO
G. Venkata Ramana Naidu, Vs. K VENKATARAMANA REDDY
March 18 2019
CRP/6528/2018
Honourable Judge U . DURGA PRASAD RAO
G. Venkata Ramana Naidu, Vs. K VENKATARAMANA REDDY
The First judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati elevated to Supreme Court of India.
Justice S.V.N Bhatti was born on May 6, 1962. He is a Graduate of Commerce and Law, enrolled in the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh on January 21, 1987. He started practicing in the Trial Court at Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, and moved to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad. He was the Standing Counsel for a few Public Sector Undertakings/Statutory Bodies. He served as a Special Government Pleader in the Office of Advocate General at the High Court from 2000 to 2003. He practiced on the Original and Appellate side in the High Court of Judicature Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad before becoming a Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on April 12, 2013. He presided as a Judge of the High Court at Hyderabad for the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. On the establishment of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati, he was transferred to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati, and worked till March 18, 2019. He was transferred to the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam and assumed Office on March 19, 2019. He was the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala from April 24, 2023, till he became the Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala on June 1, 2023.
On July 14, 2023, he was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India.