{"id":195804,"date":"1915-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1915-08-13T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bapuji-sorabji-patel-vs-bhikubhai-virchand-on-14-august-1915"},"modified":"2018-06-03T11:58:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T06:28:26","slug":"bapuji-sorabji-patel-vs-bhikubhai-virchand-on-14-august-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bapuji-sorabji-patel-vs-bhikubhai-virchand-on-14-august-1915","title":{"rendered":"Bapuji Sorabji Patel vs Bhikubhai Virchand on 14 August, 1915"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Bombay High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Bapuji Sorabji Patel vs Bhikubhai Virchand on 14 August, 1915<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: (1915) 17 BOMLR 924<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Macleod<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: Macleod<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Macleod, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. Under the present wording of Rule 519 the words &#8220;as the Taxing Master shall in his discretion think proper to be settled by counsel&#8221; only refer to special affidavits and not to pleadings. There can be no doubt there was an intention to follow the English rule, but this intention was frustrated by the word &#8220;such&#8221; being placed before &#8216;special affidavits&#8217; instead of before &#8216;pleadings.&#8217; Therefore the Taxing Master must be asked to review his taxation and allow such fees to counsel as he thinks proper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bombay High Court Bapuji Sorabji Patel vs Bhikubhai Virchand on 14 August, 1915 Equivalent citations: (1915) 17 BOMLR 924 Author: Macleod Bench: Macleod JUDGMENT Macleod, J. 1. 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