Chapter V VALUATION OF SUITS

(1) If no specific provision is made in this Act or in any other law regarding the value of any suit for the purpose of determining the jurisdiction of Courts, value for that purpose and value for the purpose of computing the fee payable under this Act shall be the same. (2) In a suit where fee is payable under this Act at a fixed rate, the value for the purpose of determining the jurisdiction of Courts shall be the market value of the movable property or three-fourths of the market value of the immovable property or, where it is not possible to estimate it at a money value the amount stated in the plaint.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 99 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), an objection that, by reason of the overvaluation or under-valuation of a suit or appeal, a Court of first instance or lower appellate Court, which had no jurisdiction with respect to the suit or appeal, exercised jurisdiction with respect thereto shall not be entertained by an appellate Court, unless- (a) such objection was taken in the Court of first instance at or before the hearing at which issues were first framed or in the lower appellate Court in the memorandum of appeal to that Court, or (b) the appellate Court is satisfied, for reasons to be recorded by it in writing, that the suit or appeal was over-valued or under-valued and that the over-valuation or under-valuation thereof has prejudicially affected the disposal of the suit or appeal on its merits. (2) Where such objection was taken in the manner mentioned in clause (a) of subsection (1), but the appellate Court is not satisfied as to both the matters mentioned in clause (b) of that sub-section, it shall, if it has before it the materials necessary for the determination of the other grounds of appeal to itself, dispose of the appeal as if there had been no defect of jurisdiction in the Court of first instance or lower appellate Court. (3) Where such objection was taken in that manner and the appellate Court is satisfied as to both those matters, it shall, if those materials are not before it, proceed to deal with the appeal or remand the suit or appeal for disposal in accordance with the directions of the appellate Court. (4) The provisions of this section with respect to an appellate Court shall, so far as may be, apply to a Court exercising revisional jurisdiction under any law for the time being in force.