Payment of the court fee is a mixed question of fact and law and, therefore, the plaint was not liable to be rejected by entertaining a petition as regards evaluation of the suit property
Citation
CDJ 2017 SC 918
J.Vasanthi and others vs N.Ramani Kanthammal(d) rep by Lrs and others
Head note
Tamil Nadu Court Fees and Suit Valuation Act, 1955 - Section 25(d), Section 40 - Civil Procedure Code - Order vii Rule 11- Court Fees Act - Article 17 (iii) Schedule II - Sale Deed - Under Value - Rejection of Plaint - Whether in Suit filed for Declaration that the Sale Deeds are invalid, Court Fee paid under Section 25(d) of Act is incorrect - Whether order directing Plaintiff to pay Court Fee under Section 40 of Act suffers from any infirmity warranting interference -
Court Held - Present issue relates to requisite of court Fees to be paid - Such issue cannot be determined on basis of evidence - Payment of court fees was matter of benefit to Revenue and State - Same not to arm contesting party weapon of defence to obstruct trial - Defendant entitled to raise plea of jurisdiction on different yardstick - Orders of both Lower Courts are unsustainable and same set aside - Plaintiff to be granted three months time by Trial Court to pay requisite court fee - Appeal allowed.
(Para -27, 28)
Cases Relied :
G. Seethadevi v. R. Govindaraj & Ors. (2011) 6 MLJ 399)
P. Thillai Selvan v. Shyna Paul & Anr. (2014) 7 MLJ 732)
Siddha Construction (P) Ltd. Rep. By its Power Agent, Anjay Sharma, No.32 Guruswamy Road, Chetpet, Chennai – 600031 v. M. Shanmugam & OrsCTC 255 : (2006) 4 MLJ 924).
Alamelu v. Manickammal (1979 (II) M.L.J. 8)
Gnanambal Ammal v. Kannappa Pillai (1959(I) M.L.J. 353)
Chellakannu v. Kolanji (AIR 2005 Mad 405)
Suhrid Singh alias Sardool Singh v. Randhir Singh and others (2010) 12 SCC 112)
Shailendra Bhardwaj and others v. Chandra Pal and another (2013) 1 SCC 579)
A. Nawab John and others v. V.N. Subramaniyam (2012) 7 SCC 738)
Rathnavarmaraja v. Vimla (AIR 1961 SC 1299)
K. Palaniswamy and another v. S.B. Subramani and another (2007 (1) CTC 300)
Comparative Citations:
2017 (6) CTC 201, 2017 (4) RCR(Civil) 407, 2017 AIR(SC) 3813, 2017 (8) Scale 632, 2017 (8) JT 1, 2017 (3) ARC 33, 2017 DNJ 817, 2017 (177) ALLINDCAS 7, 2017 (4) ICivC 6, 2017 (124) ALLLR 590, 2017 (5) AWC 4892, 2017 (6) ALT 1, 2018 (1) LW 351,
(Full Bench)
Court Held - Present issue relates to requisite of court Fees to be paid - Such issue cannot be determined on basis of evidence - Payment of court fees was matter of benefit to Revenue and State - Same not to arm contesting party weapon of defence to obstruct trial - Defendant entitled to raise plea of jurisdiction on different yardstick - Orders of both Lower Courts are unsustainable and same set aside - Plaintiff to be granted three months time by Trial Court to pay requisite court fee - Appeal allowed.
(Para -27, 28)
Cases Relied :
G. Seethadevi v. R. Govindaraj & Ors. (2011) 6 MLJ 399)
P. Thillai Selvan v. Shyna Paul & Anr. (2014) 7 MLJ 732)
Siddha Construction (P) Ltd. Rep. By its Power Agent, Anjay Sharma, No.32 Guruswamy Road, Chetpet, Chennai – 600031 v. M. Shanmugam & OrsCTC 255 : (2006) 4 MLJ 924).
Alamelu v. Manickammal (1979 (II) M.L.J. 8)
Gnanambal Ammal v. Kannappa Pillai (1959(I) M.L.J. 353)
Chellakannu v. Kolanji (AIR 2005 Mad 405)
Suhrid Singh alias Sardool Singh v. Randhir Singh and others (2010) 12 SCC 112)
Shailendra Bhardwaj and others v. Chandra Pal and another (2013) 1 SCC 579)
A. Nawab John and others v. V.N. Subramaniyam (2012) 7 SCC 738)
Rathnavarmaraja v. Vimla (AIR 1961 SC 1299)
K. Palaniswamy and another v. S.B. Subramani and another (2007 (1) CTC 300)
Comparative Citations:
2017 (6) CTC 201, 2017 (4) RCR(Civil) 407, 2017 AIR(SC) 3813, 2017 (8) Scale 632, 2017 (8) JT 1, 2017 (3) ARC 33, 2017 DNJ 817, 2017 (177) ALLINDCAS 7, 2017 (4) ICivC 6, 2017 (124) ALLLR 590, 2017 (5) AWC 4892, 2017 (6) ALT 1, 2018 (1) LW 351,
(Full Bench)
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