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(1) Where a party has, before the first hearing of a proceeding, engaged more than one pleader, the fees of two pleaders may be taxed in the bill of costs in the following cases:- (a) in any original suit, of which the amount or value of the subject- matter exceeds Rs. 2[10,000], in any court subordinate to the High Court; (b) in any contested proceeding under the 2Indian Succession Act, 1865, the 3Probate and Administration Act, 1881, or the 4Land Acquisition Act, 1894, of which the amount or value of the subject-matter exceeds [Rs. 10,000, in any court subordinate to the High Court; (c) in any appeal to the High Court, from a decree deciding on the merits any suit or any contested proceeding of the kind referred to in clause (a) or clause (b); (d) in any suit of which the amount or value of the subject-matter 1[is Rs.10,000 or less] where the court certifies by order in writing that the fees of two pleaders may be taxed; Provided that nothing in this section shall affect suits or appeals by paupers, or suits or appeals governed by the Dekkhan Agriculturists Relief Act, 1879. (2) Except in the cases specified in this section, a party employing more than one pleader shall not be entitled to recover from his adversary more than one set of pleader’s fees.