IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 01.05.2025 Sandhya Suman and another ….Petitioners Versus Dr. Somwati ….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM AGGARWAL Present: Mr. Deepak Girotra, Advocate for the petitioners.

None for the respondent.

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VIKRAM AGGARWAL, J (ORAL)

The present revision petition is directed against the order dated

25.02.2020 (Annexure P-4) passed by the Court of learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Rohtak, vide which the application filed by the petitioners-defendants under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (for short ‘CPC’) was rejected.

2. The facts, as emanating from the revision petition, are that a civil suit for defamation/damages claiming `1 crore was filed by the respondent-plaintiff against the petitioners-defendants. During the pendency of the suit, an application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC for rejection of plaint on account of non-affixation of ad valorem Court fee (Annexure P-2) was moved by the petitioners-defendants. It was averred in the application that since recovery of `1 crore as damages had been prayed for, Court fee of Rs.2,18,800/- was liable to be affixed. The application was opposed