Suit for prohibitory and mandatory injunction - Not required to be valued at market value of property - Merely because subject-matter of litigation involves immovable property, market value would not become decisive of suit valuation

Citation

AIR 2022 SUPREME COURT 2867

SUPREME COURT

: AIROnline 2022 SC 861 

(From : Delhi)*

DINESH MAHESHWARI , J. and VIKRAM NATH , J.

Civil Appeal No. 4577 of 2022 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 9780 of 2019), D/- 16 - 6 - 2022

Bharat Bhushan Gupta v. Pratap Narain Verma and Anr.

(A)Court-fees Act (7 of 1870), S.7(iv)(d) - Court-fees - Valuation - Suit for prohibitory and

mandatory injunction - Not required to be valued at market value of property - Valuation of suit

always depends on nature of relief claimed - Merely because subject-matter of litigation involves

immovable property, market value would not become decisive of suit valuation. Specific Relief

Act (47 of 1963), S.38, S.39 -

In the instant case, a mandatory