Supreme Court of India

The High Court of Judicature at Madras Rep. by its Registrar General v. M.C. Subramaniam and Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 1 S.C.R. 552
Bench Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran JJ.
Decided 17 February 2021

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly Section 69-A of the 1955 Act, would require that these provisions cover all methods of out-of-court dispute settlement between parties tha t the Court subsequently finds to have been legally arrived at.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: s.89 – Tamil Nadu Court Fees and Suit Valuation Act, 1955 – s.69- – Parties ent ering into a private out of court settlement for resolving the controv ersy between them outside the modes contemplated under s.89 and seeking permission to withdraw suit and also refund of court fees – Ref und of court fees – Permissibility of – Held: The purpos e of s.69- is to reward parties who have chosen to withdraw their li tigations in favour of more conciliatory dispute settlement mech anisms, thus saving the time and resources of the Court, by enab ling them to claim refund

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