https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171343 A vested right of appeal accrues when the suit is instituted, so an amended court-fee regime cannot retrospectively increase the burden on that pre-existing right. For appeals arising from such suits, the applicable court-fee law is the law in force on the date of institution of the suit, not the later law in force when the appeal is filed. The defendant stands on the same footing as the plaintiff for this purpose. A set-off or counterclaim is treated as a fresh proceeding, however, and court-fee on any appeal arising from it is governed by the law in force when that set-off or counterclaim was filed. en-us Wed, 24 Nov 1954 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:26:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171343 A vested right of appeal accrues when the suit is instituted, so an amended court-fee regime cannot retrospectively increase the burden on that pre-existing right. For appeals arising from such suits, the applicable court-fee law is the law in force on the date of institution of the suit, not the later law in force when the appeal is filed. The defendant stands on the same footing as the plaintiff for this purpose. A set-off or counterclaim is treated as a fresh proceeding, however, and court-fee on any appeal arising from it is governed by the law in force when that set-off or counterclaim was filed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 24 Nov 1954 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171343