Section 11 Court-fees Act: Procedure in suits for mesne profits or account when...

Section 11: Procedure in suits for mesne profits or account when amount decreed exceeds amount claimed

In suits for mesne profits or for immovable property and mesne profits, or for an account, if the profits or amount decreed are or is in excess of the profits claimed or the amount at which the plaintiff valued the relief sought, the decree shall not be executed until the difference between the fee actually paid and the fee which would have been payable had the suit comprised the whole of the profits or amount so decreed shall have been paid to the proper officer.

Where the amount of mesne profits is left to be ascertained in the course of the execution of the decree, if the profits so ascertained exceed the profits claimed, the further execution of the decree shall be stayed until the difference between the fee actually paid and the fee which would have been payable had the suit comprised the whole of the profits so ascertained is paid. If the additional fee is not paid within such time as the Court shall fix, the suit shall be dismissed.

State Amendment (as printed in the official text)

Orissa

Amendment of section 11 of Act (7 of 1870).—For the second paragraph of section 11 of the principal Act the following paragraphs shall be substituted:—

“Where a decree directs an enquiry as to mesne-profits which have accrued on the property during a period prior to the institution of the suit, if the profits ascertained on such inquiry exceed the profits claimed, no final decree shall be passed till the difference between the fee actually paid and the fee which would have been payable had the suit comprised the whole of the profits so ascertained is paid. If the additional fee is not paid within such time as the Court shall fix, the claim for the excess shall be dismissed, unless the Court, for sufficient cause, extends the time for payment.

Where a decree directs an inquiry as to mesno-profits from the institution of the suit and a final decree is passed in accordance with the result of such inquiry, the decree shall not be executed until such fee is paid would have been payable on the amount claimed in execution if a separate suit had been instituted therefor.”

[Vide Orissa Act 5 of 1939, s. 12]

Questions on this section

2 questions in 2 of our papers cite Section 11. Try these from the free papers:

1. Under the first paragraph of Section 11 of the Court-fees Act, 1870, where in a suit for mesne profits the profits decreed exceed the profits claimed:
2. A decree for possession leaves the mesne profits to be ascertained in execution. The profits so ascertained exceed those claimed in the plaint, and the decree-holder does not pay the difference in fee within the time fixed by the Court. Under Section 11 of the Court-fees Act, 1870: