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CHAPTER V Valuation of Suits.

Section 48: Suits not otherwise provided for

The Rajasthan Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1961

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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Rajasthan, with amendments up to Rajasthan Act No. 19 of 2009.

The Rajasthan Court Fees and Suits Valuation (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Act No. 11 of 2020) substitutes section 21, which now caps the fee in a suit for damages for defamation at twenty five thousand rupees; not shown in this text.

Schedules I, II and III are also published by India Code as separate files.

1[(1) In a suit as to whose] value for the purpose of determining the jurisdiction of Courts, specific provision is not otherwise made in this Act or in any other law, 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 or where it is not possible to estimate it at a money value such amount as the plaintiff shall state in the plaint.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Substituted vide section 2 of Rajasthan Act No. 3 of 1962, published in Rajasthan Gazette Part IV-A, Extraordinary, dated 20-4-1962.

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