JUDGMENT

Das, J. - It is intended by this judgment to dispose of 13 several applications which have been made under sec. 34 of the Indian Arbitration Act for stay of 13 several suits and which have been heard one after another and are appearing on the list to-day for judgment. Each of the Plaintiffs in the said 13 suits entered into forward contracts with the respective Defendants for sale of diverse quantities of jute upon terms and conditions contained in the respective contracts which are in jute contract forms approved by the Indian Jute Mills Association. The time for delivery under most of the contracts was August-September, 1946, and in some it was for a period beyond September, 1946. Each of the contracts, other than those which form the subject-matter of Suits Nos. 42 and 43 of 1947 contains an arbitration clause in the words following :

All matters,.questions, disputes, differences and/or claims arising out of and/or concerning and/or in connection with and/or in consequence of or relating to this contract whether or not the obligations of either or both parties under this contract be subsisting at the -time of such dispute and whether or not this contract has been terminat