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PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
ALKA SARIN
Saroj – Appellant
Versus
Jaswinder Singh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Alka Sarin, J. (Oral) - CM-7010-C-2024
1. Application is allowed, as prayed for.
2. Affidavits of both the parties are taken on record subject to all just exceptions. Registry to scan and tag the same at an appropriate place.
CM-3297-C-2024
3. This is an application for preponing the date of hearing of the main appeal.
4. Since the appeal itself is listed for hearing today, the present application has since been rendered infructuous and the same is disposed off as such.
CM-3298-C-2024
5. This is an application for disposal of the main appeal in terms of the compromise entered between the parties before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court.
6. Learned counsel for the appellant as well as the respondents are ad idem that the matter stands compromised and the statements of the parties to that effect also stand recorded before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court.
7. Parties have duly been identified by their respective counsel before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court. Mediator's report along with the written compromise has also been received by this Court.
8. In view thereof, the present application is allowed.
RSA-2470-2017
9. Learned cou
The main legal point established in the judgment is that court fee can be refunded to the parties where a compromise/settlement has taken place even outside the Court, in line with the intention behi....
The judgment emphasizes the requirements for refund of court fees under Section 16 of the Court Fees Act, 1870, and highlights the legislative intent for settlement of cases by alternative dispute re....
Court fees should be refunded even when cases settle out of court, promoting private dispute resolution methods, which supports judicial efficiency.
Section 16 of the Court Fees Act, 1870 allows for the refund of court fees in specific circumstances, including when parties settle their dispute outside the Court.
Parties settling disputes out of court are entitled to court fee refunds, promoting amicable resolutions and ensuring equal treatment under the law.
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