Supreme court of India settles the issue of enforceability of unstamped arbitration agreements before judicial forum

Supreme court of India settles the issue of enforceability of unstamped arbitration agreements before judicial forum
Supreme Court of India decides whether companies within the same group can be made parties to an arbitration agreement though being non-signatories.
He question of whether S. 9 (interim measures) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is available for detaining cargo as security for international commercial arbitration outside India.
This interesting issue was decided by the Supreme Court of India while considering whether pre-arbitration negotiations can be excluded in computing limitation.