The Suits Valuation Act, 1887
Provision-wise Act, subordinate instruments, Finin2min interpretation, examples, evidence controls and practical Q&A.
Finin2min Act Summary
This guide converts The Suits Valuation Act, 1887 into a working reference: classify the issue, identify the exact provision and instrument, fix the event date, compute the amount/deadline, obtain authority, preserve evidence and select the correct remedy.
Act structure and section map
Full section index (12)
Rules, Regulations, notifications and directions
Downloads
Act overview PDF · One-page cheat sheet · Section register CSV
Source boundary
Section identifiers and professional interpretation pages are provided for implementation and navigation. Exact current words, inserted/omitted provisions, headings, provisos, explanations, commencement and State variations must be certified against the official source before the corpus is labelled full source-controlled.
Suits Valuation Act, 1887: complete statutory map
The Act determines valuation for civil-court jurisdiction and coordinates that value with court-fee rules in specified suits. It is not a universal valuation tariff: State application, High Court rules, local civil-court legislation, the Court-fees Act and the relief pleaded must be read together.
Provision-by-provision control
| Part I, sections 2-6 | State notification and rules for valuing land-related suits, consultation with the High Court and limits for specified relief. |
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| Part II, sections 7-8 | High Court rules for specified other suits and the general rule aligning court-fee value and jurisdictional value where ad valorem court fee applies, subject to stated exceptions. |
| Section 9 | High Court may determine value where subject matter does not admit satisfactory valuation and frame rules with previous State approval. |
| Section 11 | Appellate/revisional objection to over- or under-valuation generally requires timely objection plus consequent failure of justice. |
| State amendments | Territorial amendments, repeals and local court/court-fee laws may materially change the result. |
Practical workflow
- Identify each substantive relief and the factual subject matter.
- Find the applicable Court-fees Act provision and State amendment/rule.
- Calculate court fee and pecuniary-jurisdiction value separately, then test whether section 8 aligns them.
- Select the competent court and disclose valuation in the plaint with a working schedule.
- If objecting, raise valuation at the earliest opportunity and show jurisdictional prejudice/failure of justice for section 11.
Exam and advisory case study
A plaintiff values a declaration nominally but also seeks consequential property relief. The adviser must classify the whole relief under the State court-fee framework and then determine jurisdictional value; the caption 'declaration' does not by itself settle either amount. Prepare a relief-by-relief schedule showing the pleading, subject matter, statutory court-fee provision, State amendment, valuation method, jurisdictional value, court fee paid and chosen court. If the defendant disputes valuation, record the objection at the earliest opportunity and seek a finding before trial where the procedural law permits. On appeal or revision, section 11 does not make every valuation error automatically fatal: identify how the over- or under-valuation changed the competent forum and caused a failure of justice. Preserve market, revenue, title and calculation evidence from the original stage; a later valuation report may not prove the prejudice required by the statute.
Finin2min summary
Classify the relief, apply the State court-fee and valuation rules, calculate jurisdiction, and preserve the working. Raise objections early and prove prejudice where section 11 applies.
Primary official sources
Disclaimer: This material is educational. Apply the official text, amendments, jurisdictional rules, current regulatory directions and case-specific facts; obtain professional advice for a live proceeding or filing.