R.S.PATHAK, CHET RAM THAKUR
Amin Chand – Appellant
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State of H. P. – Respondent
R. S. PATHAK, C. J. :- The question before us is whether on a petition for review of a Judgment disposing of a writ petition the Court-fee is payable under Article 4 of the First Schedule or under Article 1(d)(iv) of the Second Schedule of the Himachal Pradesh Court Fees Act, 1968. Article 4 of the First Schedule reads :
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Article 1(d)(iv) of the Second Schedule reads :
See for 2nd Sch. next Page.
2. The Schedules specify the Court for payable on the document mentioned therein. Article 4 of the First Schedule specifies that the court-fee payable on "an application for review of judgement ..........." is "one half of the fee leviable on the plaint or memorandum of appeal." It necessarily assumes, in my opinion, that the judgment of which review is sought has been made in a proceeding initiated by a plaint or a memorandum of appeal. That, it seems to me is the only intelligible manner in which reference to the words "the plaint or memorandum of appeal" can be construed. Although the word "plaint" has not been defined in the Court-fees Act, it must be understood in its well-accepted connotation. A plaint has been described as "a private memorial tende
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