https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172311 Under the Court Fees Act, the word "decree" in Schedule II Article 11 was read in its settled procedural sense under section 2(2) CPC, so an appeal to the High Court from a Tribunal under the Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act, 1951 was treated as attracting the fixed fee and not ad valorem court fee. The Tribunal was regarded as a special adjudicatory body, and its decision, though called a decree, did not meet the CPC definition. The Supreme Court also noted that the Taxing Judge's statutory finality could not curtail its Article 136 power, so the court-fee issue remained open for review. en-us Fri, 07 May 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:29:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172311 Under the Court Fees Act, the word "decree" in Schedule II Article 11 was read in its settled procedural sense under section 2(2) CPC, so an appeal to the High Court from a Tribunal under the Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act, 1951 was treated as attracting the fixed fee and not ad valorem court fee. The Tribunal was regarded as a special adjudicatory body, and its decision, though called a decree, did not meet the CPC definition. The Supreme Court also noted that the Taxing Judge's statutory finality could not curtail its Article 136 power, so the court-fee issue remained open for review. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 07 May 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172311