Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7 -- Ad valorem Court fee - Where suit is instituted for cancellation of an agreement to sell and forfeiture of earnest money and where possession has not been delivered, ad valorem Court fee is required to be computed on the amount of earnest money alone and not on entire sale consideration...........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7 -- Ad valorem Court fee - Suit for declaration of ownership and possession - Suit though has been drafted as one seeking declaration of ownership and possession, real object of proceedings is to negate and avoid agreement to sell on the premise that same stands terminated and earnest money forfeited - In such circumstances, petitioner being..........
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 64 -- Secondary evidence - Photocopy of unregistered and unstamped document - Document in question is chargeable with stamp duty of 1% on ad valorem basis - Document is written on stamp paper of Rs.100 only and it is insufficiently stamped - Photocopy of document cannot be impounded for payment of deficit stamp duty and once photocopy..........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7(iv)(c), 7(v) -- Ad valorem Court fee - Suit for cancellation of transfer deed - Where plaintiff is not an executant of transfer deeds seeking cancellation and seeking relief of possession is computable u/s 7(iv)(c) of the Act, Court fee is payable in accordance with S.7(iv)(c) r/w S.7(v) of the Act...........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7 -- Court fee - Suit for declaration and permanent injunction challenging two sale deeds - Plaintiffs are executants of sale deeds which they seek to set aside - Plea that sale deeds were obtained by fraud or that full consideration was not paid does not alter their status as executants - Even if such allegations are assumed to be true,..........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7(ivA) -- Ad valorem Court fee - Suit for cancellation of sale deeds - Plaintiff valued the suit on basis of consideration mentioned in sale deeds, which is erroneous, because market value of property involved in sale deeds is to be considered on the date of filing of suit - But trial Court has ignored this fact - Trial Court is directed to..........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7(iv)(c), 7(v) -- Ad valorem Court fee - Suit for declaration and cancellation of transfer deed - Non-executant - Plaintiff was not executant of transfer deed in question and he has also claimed relief of possession - Ad valorem Court fee would be payable in terms of provisions of Ss.7(iv)(c) and S.7(v) of the Act and not in terms of market..........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7 -- Ad valorem Court fee - Suit for declaration that plaintiffs are owners in possession of 50% share of property and sale deed is null and void - Plaintiffs are neither executant of documents in question nor they are seeking possession of suit property, as they are already in joint possession - Therefore, there would be no requirement to..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Deficient Court fee - Call to be taken by Courts for payment of Court fee or not, shall be appropriately considered by framing an issue upon the same and providing an opportunity to lead evidence and hearing parties to lis - Payment of ad valorem Court fee under these circumstances is mixed question of..........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7 -- Ad valorem Court fee - Suit for recovery of money for damages - Exact amount has to be determined by Court - Since liquidated amount of Rs.1,50,000 as compensation was claimed by plaintiff, he was required to pay Court fee on said amount - In case subsequently more compensation is awarded, Court would call upon plaintiff to deposit Court..........
