https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460058 Section 7(ii)(a) of the Court-Fees Act fixes the general valuation rule for suits relating to maintenance and periodic sums, but its proviso grants concessional valuation for suits for personal maintenance by females and minors. Proper grammatical and contextual construction shows that the words "by females and minors" qualify the class of suits, not the identity of the appellant or objector. A cross-objection does not lose the benefit of the proviso merely because it is filed by a party outside that class. The subject-matter in such proceedings is therefore to be valued at the amount claimed as payable for one year, with the separate fee applicable to any charge-related relief. en-us Sat, 11 May 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:46:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460058 Section 7(ii)(a) of the Court-Fees Act fixes the general valuation rule for suits relating to maintenance and periodic sums, but its proviso grants concessional valuation for suits for personal maintenance by females and minors. Proper grammatical and contextual construction shows that the words "by females and minors" qualify the class of suits, not the identity of the appellant or objector. A cross-objection does not lose the benefit of the proviso merely because it is filed by a party outside that class. The subject-matter in such proceedings is therefore to be valued at the amount claimed as payable for one year, with the separate fee applicable to any charge-related relief. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 11 May 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460058