Law of Court Fees and Suits Valuation

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Description
The Court Fees Act, 1870 and The Suits Valuation Act, 1887 are absolutely interconnected with each other and are more in the nature of complementary legislations. It thus provides reason for any author to combine the commentaries on these two statutes in one book, thinking from readers' perspective. The Eighth Edition of this book titled as A N Khanna Law of Court Fees & Suits Valuation was published in the year 2011. Thereafter, a large number of judgments on the Court Fees Act and the Suits Valuation Act have been handed down by the Apex Court as well as different High Courts in India. The arduous task of examining them and injecting their fruits in this edition of the book was entrusted to me which I have tried to fulfill to the best of my ability. The readers would find a number of headings added to all the important sections of the two Acts, which are part of this book. Section 7 of Court Fees Act is like the heart of the Act and readers would find a lot of new additions in it. New dimensions have been given to the commentary on refund of court fees (Sections 13 to 16 of Court Fees Act) especially on account of settlement of cases by taking recourse to Alternative Disputes Resolution Mechanism, by way of  ediation and Lok Adalat matters. A lot of case-law based information is added in the commentary on Suits Valuation Act, in this 9th Edition. The case-law is updated both for Central and State Court Fees Acts, besides the Suits Valuation Act. I believe the legal fraternity will find the efforts made by me in this edition, useful. I am thankful to Ms. Supriti Narayanan (Director, Content Creation and Acquisition, Legal, LexisNexisIndia), Mr. Arjun Bhargava (Assistant Manager Commissioning, LexisNexisIndia), Mr. Vassu Arora (Commissioning Editor, LexisNexisIndia) and Mr. Nitin Satija (Senior Legal Research Editor, LexisNexisIndia) for extending their help in completing the work.

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Contents
The Court-Fees Act, 1870
Chapter I   Preliminary
Chapter II  Fees in the High Courts and in the Courts of Small Causes at the Presidency-Towns
Chapter III Fees other Courts and in Public Offices
Chapter IIIA Probates, Letters of Administration and Certificates of Administration
Chapter IV  Process Fees
Chapter V   Of the Mode of Levying Fees
Chapter VI  Miscellaneous
The Suits Valuatioin Act, 1887
Part I - Suits Relating to Land
Part II - Other Suits
Part III - Supplmental Provisions
State Laws
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Author Details
A.N. Khanna
Revised by
SK Sarvari, LL.M., LL.B., B.A. (Hons.), Former District & Sessions Judge, Delhi (NW) President, New Delhi
Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum
Assisted by
Snigdha Sarvaria, Civil Judge, Delhi
Apoorv Sarvaria, Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi
Yashika Sarvaria, Advocate