Under Section 17 of the Court Fees Act, 1870, where a suit embraces two or more distinct subjects, the…
Section 17 (multifarious suits) charges the plaint or memorandum of appeal with "the aggregate amount of the fees to which the plaints or memoranda of appeal in suits…
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Under Section 17 of the Court Fees Act, 1870, where a suit embraces two or more distinct subjects, the plaint or memorandum of appeal shall be chargeable with:
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Section 17 (multifarious suits) charges the plaint or memorandum of appeal with "the aggregate amount of the fees to which the plaints or memoranda of appeal in suits embracing separately each of such subjects would be liable". The fee is worked out subject by subject and added up, not taken on the most valuable subject alone or on the combined value as a single claim.