Section 32 Court Fees Act: Sections 32 [Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891]

Section 32 of Court Fees Act: Sections 32 [Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891]

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[Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1991 (19 of 1991), s. 2 and the First Schedule.]

Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 32

Section 32 of the Court Fees Act, 1870 was a historical procedural section that was repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891 (Act 12 of 1891).

Spent Historical Provision: Historically dealt with transitional fee levies on appeals pending in 1870.
Repeal by Act 12 of 1891: Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891 as its transitional operation had concluded.
General Clauses Act Operation: Repeal confirmed that transitional 19th-century exemptions have no ongoing statutory effect.

Key Landmark Precedents:

State of Maharashtra v. Mishrilal Tarachand Lodha, AIR 1964 SC 457: Traced the legislative pruning of obsolete sections in the Court Fees Act.
State of Bombay v. Supreme General Films Exchange Ltd., AIR 1960 SC 980: Affirmed the stability of the core 1870 enactments post-1891 repeals.

Courtroom Practice & Strategic Litigation Guidance:

Section 32 is spent and repealed, leaving the remaining substantive provisions and schedules intact.

Section 32: Sections 32 [Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891]

Section 32 of Court Fees Act: Sections 32 [Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891]

Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 32