Award of an Arbitrator is an instrument chargeable with duty as per section 3 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. There is no exemption for any Award. Is any duty payable on an Award dismissing a claim? .
Justice is an imaginary concept because those who get it are those who can pay top lawyers while those who cannot, dare not approach a polyvocal Supreme Court. This is why Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s axiom of a cordial relationship between the government and the judiciary is worrying. Perhaps that may explain why the top court initially did not come to the migrants’ rescue in 2020.