Court Fee Payable Only on Principal Relief Under Section 6(1) of the Kerala Court Fees Act, Not on Consequential Reliefs: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has ruled that when multiple documents concerning the same property are challenged in one suit, the court fee should be computed only on the principal relief and not on any ancillary or consequential reliefs. Justice P. Krishna Kumar delivered the judgment while interpreting Section 6(1) of the Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1959. The Court clarified that where a subsequent document is dependent on…