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1979 Supreme(SC) 501

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
O.Chinnappa Reddy : R.S.Pathak : V.R.Krishna Iyer
Anil Kumar Sahney
Versus
Satish Kumar
Case No. : 1142 of 1979
Date of Decision : 11/23/79

Headnote:

Retain Case Back - Willing To Pay Alternative Court Fee - Having heard we do not think there is any need to change earlier order passed by us where we had allowed appeal – Subject matter of appeal is one of court fee and of delay in filing appeal - But there is no room for doubt in light of happenings set out before us - Actually subject-matter of appeal to high court itself is only one of court fee - Plaint having been rejected on ground that sufficient court fee was not paid it is all a storm in a tea cup – Held, Apart from that we have examined matter and feel satisfied that appeal to this court should be allowed and high court directed to deal with appeal de novo - High court will certainly remember that after all matter is only one of court-fee and appellant is willing to pay alternative court fee which is a larger sum - Even so appeal will have to be disposed of by high court and so we retain case back to high court directing it to take appeal on file and pass appropriate orders - If unlimited appellate jurisdiction has been vested in district court high court will make case over to district judges court which has jurisdiction over subject matter - Order Accordingly.

V.R. KRISHNA IYER, J.

(1) HAVING heard Mr. Vohra and Mr. Bhandare, we do not think there is any need to change the earlier order passed by us where we had allowed the appeal.

(2) THE subject-matter of the appeal is one of court-fee and of delay in filing the appeal. But there is no room for doubt in the light of the happenings set out before us. Actually, the subject-matter of the appeal to the High court itself is only one of court-fee. The plaint having been rejected on the ground that sufficient court-fee was not paid, it is all a storm in a tea cup. Apart from that we have examined the matter and feel satisfied that the appeal to this court should be allowed and the High Court directed to deal with the appeal de novo. The High court will certainly remember that after all the matter is only one of court-fee and the appellant is willing to pay the alternative court-fee which is a larger sum. Even so the appeal will have to be disposed of by the High court and so we reitait the case back to the High court directing it to take the appeal on file and pass appropriate orders. If unlimited appellate jurisdiction has been vested .in the District court, the High Court will make the case over to the District Judges court which has jurisdiction over the subject- matter.

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