Negotiable Ins.Act(Amend. in Court fees)

Rahul Singh (Querist) 24 June 2011 This query is : Resolved
I have filed complaint case U/s.138 N.I.Act,on the 7th April'2011 with court fees as was applicable then(the amendment with respect to court fees came in effect from 26/4/2011),now the case is heard on regd.& fixing for appropriate court fees.Whether I am to pay court fees as of dt.7/4/2011 when case is filed or when case is regd.i.e.after 26/4/2011 amend. if it is regd. after this date? What is the Legal position?

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Kiran Kumar (Expert) 24 June 2011
look into notification whether the imposition of court fee has been notified with retrospective operation or not.....if not then u ll not ve to pay addl. Fee

DEFENSE ADVOCATE.-firmaction@g (Expert) 25 June 2011
You have to fees as applicable on the day when case is registered.

Ajay Bansal (Expert) 25 June 2011
A complaint u/s 138 Cr.P.C. requires a court fee of Rs. 10/- only.So it is not understandable how you are unable to pay such a petty amount.

prabhakar singh (Expert) 25 June 2011
Expert : Ajay Bansal is right why So much for Rs. 10/-

Advocate. Arunagiri (Expert) 25 June 2011
If the records were returned after the first presentation you have to pay the revised CF.

If there is no return you need to pay the old CF only.