Shobha v. Sudhakar
Civil Procedure – Regular First Appeal under S.96 CPC – maintainability – suit valuation below Rs.10,00,000/-
Case brief
What is this about?
RFA No. 200105 of 2025 (PAR/POS), High Court of Karnataka, Kalaburagi Bench (NC: 2025:KHC-K:2454), oral judgment dated 24.04.2025 by Anant Ramanath Hegde, J. Dismissal of Regular First Appeal filed under Section 96 CPC challenging judgment and decree dated 09.02.2022 in O.S.No.130/2018 (Bidar) on the sole ground that the suit valuation is below Rs.10,00,000/-, rendering the appeal not maintainable before the High Court; liberty to approach jurisdictional District Court; certified copy to be returned; limitation exclusion from 14.02.2025. Keywords: pecuniary limits, valuation, maintainability, S.96 CPC, limitation exclusion.
What did the court decide?
Appeal dismissed as not maintainable; liberty reserved to the appellants to file appeal before the jurisdictional District Court; Registry directed to return the certified copy of the impugned judgment and decree to the appellants; period from 14.02.2025 till the date of judgment excluded in computing limitation, if any.