Lawgist.Download the App Now!
Get our Android app for fast and offline Access.
In the suits hereinafter mentioned, fee shall be computed as follows:- (a) in a suit for maintenance, on the amount claimed to be payable for one year, (b) in a suit for enhancement or reduction of maintenance, on the amount by which the annual maintenance is sought to be enhanced or reduced; (c) in a suit for annuities or other sums payable periodically, on five times the amount claimed to be payable for one year: Provided that, where the annuity is payable for less than five years, the fee shall be computed on the aggregate of the sums payable: Provided further that a suit for enhancement of maintenance shall be instituted in a court which will have jurisdiction to receive a suit for maintenance at the enhanced rate claimed and one for reduction of maintenance shall be instituted in a Court which will have jurisdiction to receive a suit for maintenance at the rate which is sought to be reduced.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> In the suits hereinafter mentioned, fee shall be computed as follows:-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(a) in a suit for maintenance, on the amount claimed to be payable for one year,<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(b) in a suit for enhancement or reduction of maintenance, on the amount by which the annual maintenance is sought to be enhanced or reduced;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(c) in a suit for annuities or other sums payable periodically, on five times the amount claimed to be payable for one year:<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> Provided that, where the annuity is payable for less than five years, the fee shall be computed on the aggregate of the sums payable:<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> Provided further that a suit for enhancement of maintenance shall be instituted in a court which will have jurisdiction to receive a suit for maintenance at the enhanced rate claimed and one for reduction of maintenance shall be instituted in a Court which will have jurisdiction to receive a suit for maintenance at the rate which is sought to be reduced. <br>