- Deficiency in Court fee — extension of time — It is discretion of the Court to extend the time for making up deficiency in Court fee — Once the discretion is exercised, time to make up deficiency is presumed to be automatically extended — Law relating to making up deficiency in Court fee should be liberally construed — Irrespective of the fact that it has not been specifically mentioned in the order that time is extended the order whereby stamps were accepted by the Court would imply that time was extended. Manzoor Ah. Naqshbandi v. M.A. Farooq 1999 SCR 167 (A)
- In order to determine the proper Court fee, plaint as a whole should be looked at and it is the substance of the plaint and not its ostensible form which really matters. Muhammad Afzal Khan v. Muhammad Hayat Khan and another 1999 SCR 454 (A)
- It was specifically mentioned by the learned counsel for the appellants before the High Court that deficiency of Court fee shall be fulfilled by the next date — After the lapse of about two years he failed to make up the deficiency — The learned Advocate was also provided an opportunity on the day of arguments to make up deficiency in Court fee but he replied in negative — Held: The appeal right from the first day could not have been entertained due to non- payment of Court fee — The appellants deliberately did not make payment of necessary Court fee in spite of seeking opportunities — Appeal dismissed. Gul Hassan v. Azad Govt. & 3 others 2003 SCR 221 (A)
- Deficiency — Duty of Court — Where whole or any part of any Court–fee prescribed for any document by law for the time being in force, had not been paid, the Court could, in its discretion, at any stage allowed party to pay whole or any part of such Court-fee. Maqsood BiBi v. Collector, Land Acquisition, Mangla Dam Raising Project, Mirpur (Zone-1) 2013 SCR 973 (B)
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