Separate court-fee scrutiny for joint petitioners on independent causes of action, with deficit payment required before further posting.

Each truck owner joining in a common petition was to be treated separately for court-fee purposes where the cause of action was independent. The office was directed to scrutinise each petition individually, verify payment of the requisite court fee, and call upon counsel to make good any deficit by the specified date. If the deficit remained unpaid, the matter was to be placed before the Court for further directions, including possible notice to the individual petitioners.

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Issues: Whether each truck owner joining in a common petition was liable to pay court fee separately on his own independent cause of action, and whether the office should verify payment of requisite court fee and secure payment of any deficit before further posting of the matters.

Outcome: The office was directed to scrutinise each petition separately for court-fee purposes, call upon the concerned advocates to make good any deficit by the specified date, and, if the deficit remained unpaid, place the matter before the Court for further directions and possible notice to the individual petitioners.

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