Important cases heard by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, December 13:
* The SC held that the arbitration clause in an unstamped or insufficiently stamped agreement between parties is enforceable and such a defect is curable and does not render the contract invalid.
* Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud Wednesday assured the counsel for Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra that he would take a call on the urgent listing of her plea challenging her expulsion from the Lok Sabha.
* The SC ordered the transfer of several FIRs related to the Bitcoin scam to the CBI for further investigation and filing of charge sheets.
* The SC said crop residue burning, which affects air quality in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), “must stop”, and underlined the need for judicial monitoring to ensure people do not face the same scenario every winter.
