DWARKADHISH BANSAL
Suresh Chand – Appellant
Versus
Shiv Vishal Through LRs. & Others – Respondent
JUDGMENT
1. This first appeal has been preferred by appellant/plaintiff challenging the order dated 12.7.2000 passed by 2nd Additional District Judge, Shahdol, in Civil Suit No.8-A/1989, whereby plaintiff’s suit has been dismissed for want of compliance of order dated 30.10.1999.
2. Short facts of the case are that the plaintiff Suresh Kumar instituted a suit for declaring the sale deed dated 24.7.1971 to be null and void and recovery of possession of the suit property as well as for declaring the subsequent sale deeds executed by defendant 1 in favour of defendants 12-18. On basis of consideration mentioned in the sale deed dated 24.7.1971 and on basis of twenty times of land revenue,the plaintiff valued the suit for the relief(s) claimed in the plaint and paid requisite court fee as described in paragraph 35 of the plaint.
3. Upon filing written statement by defendant(s), trial Court framed issues and proceeded furtherto record evidence of the parties, but during pendency of suit and incompliance of order dated 24.3.1998 passed by this Court in C.R. No.669/1998, trial Court proceeded to decide issue No.11 as preliminary issue and after hearing arguments of the parties, decided the
Point of law: Court Fee - It is evident that the Court has to find cut that the claim is under valued. Then at least require the plaintiff to correct the valuation and fix a time to pay deficit Court....
The valuation of the suit property and the court fee to be paid are matters of trial and the defendants shall be at liberty to lead evidence at that stage. While deciding an application under Order V....
Trial courts must adjudicate proper valuation and allow time for fee remittance rather than dismissing suits prematurely.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the correct payment of court fee in a suit must be determined in accordance with settled legal principles and the specific provisions of the C....
A suit which has not been properly valued and proper court fee has not been paid, can rejected in terms of Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC.
The time for correction of valuation shall not be extended unless exceptional circumstances are pleaded, and the refusal to extend such time would cause grave injustice to the plaintiff.
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