The Rajasthan Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act
Chapter I – Preliminary
● Section 1: Short title, territorial extent, commencement of the Act.
● Section 2: Application—excludes Central Government documents; where other laws
apply, this Act applies subject to them.
● Section 3: Definitions—terms like “appeal”, “court”, “prescribed”, etc.
Chapter II – Liability To Pay Fee
● Section 4: No filing, exhibition, registration in courts or public offices without proper
court fee; exceptions for urgent criminal filings.
● Section 5: Documents inadvertently accepted without full fee can be regularized by
paying within time.
● Section 6: Multifarious suits—fees on aggregate value for distinct reliefs; if relief is
ancillary, charged on main relief only.
● Section 7: Market value to be determined as of the date of plaint; land valued at 25×
settler’s rent.
● Section 8: Counterclaims/ set-offs in written statements attract fee similar to a plaint.
● Section 9: If a document falls under multiple descriptions, highest applicable fee applies;
special prevails over general.
Chapter III – Determination Of Fee
● Section 10: Plaintiff must file a statement of particulars and valuation for subject-matter.
● Section 11: Court determines proper fee before plaint registration; defendant can
challenge valuation; appeals courts may review.
● Section 12: Additional fees for issues framed—non-payment leads to issue being struck
off.
● Section 13: Plaintiff may abandon part of claim to match fee already paid.
● Section 14: Written statements attracting fees are treated like plaints for fee
determination.
● Section 15–16: Fees apply similarly to appeals (15) and petitions/applications (16).
● Section 17: Government-appointed Court-Fee Examiners oversee fee compliance.
Section 18: Courts may commission local inquiry to assess valuation/identification of fee
[Link] 19: Court may notify the State Government as party in fee/valuation
inquiry.
Chapter Iv – Computation Of Fee
● Section 20: How fee is calculated (ad valorem or fixed) depending on type of suit.
● Section 21: Suits for money—fee based on amount claimed (e.g., defamation capped).
● Section 22: Maintenance/annuity suits—fee based on annual amount or multiple
thereof.
● Section 23: Suits for movable property—fee on market value; documents-of-title attract
one-fourth valuation with conditions.
● Section 24: Declaratory suits—fee on market value, rights like trademark (minimum
₹500), possession claims (min ₹20).
● Sections 25–26: Adoption and injunction suits (detailed valuation rules apply).
● Section 38–44: Designs of suits—partition, cancellation of decrees, attachment, specific
performance, landlord-tenant, mesne profits, interpleader—each has valuation
methodology under Section 45.
CHAPTER V – VALUATION OF SUITS
● Section 48: For matters not specifically provided, valuation for jurisdiction and fee
coincide.
CHAPTER VI – PROBATES & ADMINISTRATION
● Sections 49–56: Probate, letters, certificates—fee based on estate value; mode of
valuation detailed; refunds for overpayment. (Exact sections inferred from heading
listing.)
CHAPTER VII – REFUNDS & REMISSIONS
● Provisions allowing remission/refund of fees in case of excess payment, suit
compromise, invalidation of documents, spoilage of stamps, etc.
CHAPTER VIII – MISCELLANEOUS
● Provisions dealing with rules-making powers, repeal/savings, fees on additional/judicial
acts, exemptions, penalties, and state-government involvement.
📎 Schedules
● Schedule I: Ad valorem fee tables
● Schedule II: Fixed fee tariffs
● Schedule III: Special provisions under certain sections (like 50).
