section 50
Suits not otherwise provided for.
The Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1959Chapter IV COMPUTATION OF FEE
50. (2) Where any amount or share or part of the assets of the estate is found due to the plaintiff, and the fee computed on the amount or the market value of such share or part of the assets exceeds the fee paid on the plaint, no payment shall be made and no decree directing payment of money or confirming title in such share or part of the asset shall be passed until the difference between the fee actually paid and the fee computed on the amount or value of the property is paid. (3) No payment shall be made no decree directing payment of money or confirming title to any share or part of the assets of the estate shall be passed in favour of a defendant in a suit for administration, until the fee computed on the amount or value of such share or part of such assets is paid by such defendant. (4) In computing the fee payable by a plaintiff or by a defendant under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), credit shall be given for the fee, if any, paid by such plaintiff or by such defendant in any other proceeding in respect of the claim on the basis of which such amount or share or part of the assets of the estate becomes due to such plaintiff or to such defendant. 40. Suits for cancellation of decrees etc.— (1) In a suit for cancellation of a decree for money or other property having a money value or other document which purports or (operates to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest in money, movable or immovable property, fee shall be computed on the value of the subject-matter of the suit, and such value shall be deemed to be— if the whole decree or other document is sought to be cancelled, the amount or value of the property for which the decree was passed or other document was executed; if a part of the decree or other document is sought to be cancelled, such part of the amount or value of the property. (2) If the decree or other document is such that the liability under it cannot be split up and the relief claimed relates only to a particular item of property belonging to the plaintiff or to the plaintiff’s share in any such property, fee shall be computed on the value of such property or share or on the amount of the decree, whichever is less. Explanation.—A suit to set aside an award shall be deemed to be a suit to set aside a decree within the meaning of this section.
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