Application Seeking Interim Relief Can Be Entertained Even If Contract Containing Arbitration Clause Is Insufficiently Stamped: Bombay HC (FB) [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that a court, under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, can entertain and grant any interim or ad-interim relief in an application under Section 9 of the said Act when a document containing arbitration clause is unstamped or insufficiently stamped. The full bench of the High Court also held that, in view of Section 11 (6A) of the Arbitration...