Supreme Court of India

Shailendra Bhardwaj & Others v. Chandra Pal & Another

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Reported as [2012] 10 S.C.R. 1125
Decided 21 November 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the decision of this Court in Suhrid Singh (supra) is not applicable to the facts of the present H 1134 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2012] 10 S.C.R. A case.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

COURT FEES ACT, 1870: s.7(iv- ) and Articles 17(iii) as amended by U.P. Act, 19 c of 1938 - Suit for declaration of a will and a sale deed as null and void and for cancellation thereof - Court fee payable - Held: The suit having been filed after death of testator, suit property covered by the will has to be valued - Since s. 7(iv- ) of the U.P. Amendment Act specifically provides that payment of court fee in case where the suit is for or involving cancellation or adjudging/declaring null and void decree for money or an instrument, Article 17(iii) of Schedule II of the Court Fees Act would not

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned

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