S.U. SUMAN . vs S.M. UDAYASHANKAR . — C.A. No. 6418/2002

Case Summary: C.A. No. 006418/2002 S.U. Suman v. S.M. Udayashankar (Supreme Court, September 30, 2002) The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and set aside the trial court's rejection of the plaint under Order VII Rule 11, CPC. The Court found the appellants could not furnish appropriate court fees due to ambiguity in suit valuation, falling within the Rule 11 proviso. The matter was remitted to the trial court to redetermine suit valuation within 8 weeks, with appellants given 4 weeks to pay any shortfall in court fees. If fees are paid, the trial court shall proceed on merits; if not, the plaint stands rejected. No costs awarded. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.