Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 128 · Decided 29 March 1994
Ram Narain Prasad and ANR. v. Atul Chander Mitra and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 128 · [1994] 3 S.C.R. 196
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3493/1988
- Decided
- 29 March 1994
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, S.P. BHARUCHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
PRASAD AND ANR. v. ATUL CHANDER MITRA AND ORS. MARCH 29, 1994 [KULDIP SINGH, B.P. JEEVAN READY AND S.P. BHARUCHA JJ.] Court Fees Act, 187(}-Section 7-Valuation of suit for purposes of Court fees, held, must be made on the basis of averments in plaint and relief C sought therein, and of rent and personal need. They contended that they were the owners and Respondent No.1 was their tenant. For the purposes of jurisdiction and D court fees they valued the suit ou the basis of the monthly rent for 12 months. In bis written statement, Respondent No.1 questioned the
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