Section 6 in Andhra Pradesh Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956
6. Multifarious suits.
(1)In any suit in which separate and distinct reliefs based on the same cause of action are sought, the plaint shall be chargeable with a fee on the aggregate value of the reliefs: Provided that if a relief sought is only ancillary to the main relief, the plaint shall be chargeable only on the value of the main relief.(2)Where more reliefs than one based on the same cause of action are sought in the alternative in any suit, the plaint shall be chargeable with the highest of the fees leviable on the reliefs.(3)(a)Where a suit is based on two or more distinct and different causes of action and separate reliefs are sought in respect thereof, either alternatively or cumulatively, the plaint shall be chargeable with the aggregate amount of the fees that would be chargeable on the plaints under this Act if separate suits were instituted in respect of the several causes of action: Provided that, where the cause of action in respect of reliefs claimed alternatively against the same person arise out of the same transaction, the plaint shall be chargeable only with the highest of the fees chargeable on them.(b)Nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed to affect any power conferred upon a Court by Rule 6 of Order II in the First Schedule to Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of 1908).(4)The provisions of this section shall apply mutatis mutandis to memoranda of appeals, applications, petitions and written statements.
