CPC | Separate Appeals Not Required Against Common Judgment Deciding Suit & Counterclaim : Supreme Court
Yash Mittal
12 Aug 2026 3:10 PM IST
Though composite appeal is maintainable, it should be valued as two separate appeals and court fee should be paid accordingly.
In an important development, the Supreme Court has given a quietus to the issue regarding the maintainability of a composite appeal under the Code of Civil Procedure against a single common judgment containing a decision both on the original claim and a counterclaim. A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran held that there's no bar against the maintainability of a...
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