Andhra Pradesh fixes the fee payable on a plaint by its own Court Fees Act. This guide sets out the rates that Act publishes, the scale each one runs on, and the matters for which no rate could be established.
The fee is paid on the plaint at filing and is separate from the fee on any application made in the suit. Where the scale does not land on a whole rupee, the fee is shown as the two whole-rupee figures either side of it.
| Amount claimed | Fee |
|---|---|
| Up to ₹100 | ₹0.60 for every ₹5, or part of it |
| ₹101 to ₹1,000 | ₹1.10 for every ₹10, or part of it, above ₹100 |
| ₹1,001 to ₹10,000 | ₹7.50 for every ₹100, or part of it, above ₹1,000 |
| ₹10,001 to ₹20,000 | ₹786, plus ₹30 for every ₹500, or part of it, above ₹10,000 |
| ₹20,001 to ₹30,000 | ₹1,386, plus ₹40 for every ₹1,000, or part of it, above ₹20,000 |
| ₹30,001 to ₹50,000 | ₹1,786, plus ₹60 for every ₹2,000, or part of it, above ₹30,000 |
| ₹50,001 to ₹1,00,000 | ₹2,386, plus ₹80 for every ₹4,000, or part of it, above ₹50,000 |
| Above ₹1,00,000 | ₹3,426, plus ₹100 for every ₹10,000, or part of it, above ₹1,00,000 |
The scale above answers a claim of ₹1,001 or more. Below that the Act prices the plaint by the forum it is filed in rather than by the amount.
| Amount claimed | Fee |
|---|---|
| ₹50,000 | ₹2,386 |
| ₹1,00,000 | ₹3,426 |
| ₹5,00,000 | ₹7,426 |
| ₹10,00,000 | ₹12,426 |
| ₹50,00,000 | ₹52,426 |
Schedule I, Article 1(c), Andhra Pradesh Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956
| Matter | Fee | Provision |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal complaint and cheque bounce | ₹2 | Schedule II, Article 11(f), Andhra Pradesh Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956 |
| Divorce and family | ₹10 to ₹30 | Schedule II, Article 1, Andhra Pradesh Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956 |
Fee on the written complaint itself, when it is presented to the Magistrate. It is separate from any fee on process or on applications made in the case. The Article prices a complaint of an offence for which the police may not arrest without a warrant; a complaint of a cognizable offence is outside it.
Ten rupees on a petition under the Hindu Marriage Act or the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act; thirty rupees under the Special Marriage Act, the Divorce Act or the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act. Fee on the petition at filing. Where damages are also claimed, a separate ad valorem fee is charged on that amount.
Andhra Pradesh's Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956 fixes the fee on a money claim by a scale that rises with the amount claimed, and fixes a flat fee on a matrimonial petition and on a written complaint of an offence. For a claim of one thousand rupees or less the fee depends on which court tries the suit, and no amount is stated for those. Where a fee is stated it is the fee on the money claimed. A suit valued on some other footing — possession of land, partition, a declaration — is valued under the Act's own rules for that kind of suit, and no amount is stated for those here.
A consumer complaint is not priced by a State Court Fees Act. The fee on it is fixed by rules made under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, which are set out separately.
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