The Court-Fees Act, 1870 · VI — MISCELLANEOUS

Section 36. Saving of fees to certain officers of High Courts

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

36. Saving of fees to certain officers of High Courts. —Nothing in Chapters II and V of this Act applies to the commission payable to the Accountant General of the High Court at Fort William, or to the fees which any officer of a High Court is allowed to receive in addition to a fixed salary. STATE AMENDMENT Haryana Insertion of section 37 in Act 7 of 1870 .— After section 36 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :— " 37. Fees in High Court .—Nothing contained in Schedules I and II to this act shall apply to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana and the provisions in that behalf applicable immediately before the 1[st] day of November, 1966, shall continue to apply to the said High Court.". - [ Vide Haryana Act 22 of 1974, s. 3] SCHEDULE I ||||SCHEDULE I|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||_AD VALOREM_FEES|| |||Number|______|Proper Fee| ||||When the amount or value of the subject-matter in<br>dispute does not exceed five rupees.<br>When such amount or value exceeds five rupees, for|Six annas.<br>Six annas.| ||||every five rupees, or part thereof, in excess of five|| ||||rupees, up to one hundred rupees.|| ||||When such amount or value exceeds one hundred|Twelve annas.| ||||rupees, for every ten rupees, or part thereof, in excess of|| ||||one hundred rupees, up to one thousand rupees.|| ||||When such amount or value exceeds one thousand|Five rupees.| ||||rupees, for every one hundred rupees, or part thereof, in|| ||||excess of one thousand rupees, up to five thousand|| ||||rupees.|| ||||When such amount or value exceeds five thousand|Ten rupees.| ||||rupees, for every two hundred and fifty rupees, or part|| ||||thereof, in excess of five thousand rupees, up to ten|| |1.|1 Plaint2|[written statement|thousand rupees.|| |pleading a set-off or counter-|||When such amount or value exceeds ten thousand|Fifteen rupees.| |claim] or memorandum of appeal|||rupees, for every five hundred rupees, or part thereof, in|| |(not otherwise provided for in<br>this Act)2[or of cross-objection]|||excess of ten thousand rupees, up to twenty thousand<br>rupees.|| |presented<br>to<br>any<br>Civil<br>or|||When such amount or value exceeds twenty thousand|Twenty rupees.| |Revenue Court except those|||rupees, for every one thousand rupees, or part thereof, in|| |mentioned in||section 3.|excess of twenty thousand rupees, up to thirty thousand|| ||||rupees.|| ||||When such amount or value exceeds thirty thousand|Twenty rupees.| ||||rupees, for every two thousand rupees, or part thereof, in|| ||||excess of thirty thousand rupees, up to fifty thousand|| ||||rupees.|| ||||When such amount or value exceeds fifty thousand|Twenty-five| ||||rupees, for every five thousand rupees, or part thereof, in|rupees.| ||||excess of fifty thousand rupees:|| ||||Provided that the maximum fee leviable on a plaint or|| ||||memorandum of appeal shall be three thousand rupees.|| |2.|Plaint3 *in a suit for|||A fee of one-half| |possession under4 [the Specific<br>Relief Act, 1877, section 9].<br>3. [Repealed by the Indian|||..<br>..|the<br>amount<br>prescribed in the<br>foregoing scale.| |Registration||_Act,_1871 (8 of||| |1871)].||||| |4.<br>Application for review of<br>judgment,5if presented on or after<br>the ninetieth day from the date of<br>the decree.|||..|The fee leviable<br>on the plaint or<br>memorandum of<br>appeal.| |5. Application for review of<br>judgments,5if presented before the<br>ninetieth day from the date of the<br>decree.|||..|One-half of the<br>fee leviable on<br>the plaint or<br>memorandum of| |||||appeal.|

Source: India Code