(1.) These matters have been listed together inasmuch as the relevant arbitration agreements on the basis of which these petitions have been filed are admittedly unstamped and/or have been incorporated in an instrument/agreement which is unstamped. As such, these have to be dealt with in the light of, and in consonance with the judgment rendered by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in the case of N.N. Global Mercantile (P) Ltd. v. Indo Unique Flame Ltd (2023) 7 SCC 1: 2023 SCC OnLine SC 495 (hereinafter referred to as 'N.N. Global").
(2.) In N. N. Global, it has been, inter alia, held as under:-
(3.) The conclusions arrived at in N. N. Global are as under:-