Bihar 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. The scale stops at fifty thousand rupees.
| Amount claimed | Fee |
|---|---|
| Up to ₹100 | ₹1 for every ₹5, or part of it |
| ₹101 to ₹1,000 | ₹20, plus ₹2 for every ₹10, or part of it, above ₹100 |
| ₹1,001 to ₹5,000 | ₹200, plus ₹16 for every ₹100, or part of it, above ₹1,000 |
| ₹5,001 to ₹10,000 | ₹840, plus ₹32 for every ₹250, or part of it, above ₹5,000 |
| ₹10,001 to ₹20,000 | ₹1,480, plus ₹48 for every ₹500, or part of it, above ₹10,000 |
| ₹20,001 to ₹30,000 | ₹2,440, plus ₹64 for every ₹1,000, or part of it, above ₹20,000 |
| ₹30,001 to ₹50,000 | ₹3,080, plus ₹64 for every ₹2,000, or part of it, above ₹30,000 |
| Above ₹50,000 | ₹3,720, plus ₹80 for every ₹5,000, or part of it, above ₹50,000 |
The Act caps this fee at ₹50,000.
The scale above answers a claim of ₹6 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 | ₹3,720 |
| ₹1,00,000 | ₹4,520 |
| ₹5,00,000 | ₹10,920 |
| ₹10,00,000 | ₹18,920 |
| ₹50,00,000 | ₹50,000 |
Schedule I, Article 1, Court-Fees Act, 1870 as substituted by the Court Fees (Bihar Amendment) Act, 1995
| Matter | Fee | Provision |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal complaint and cheque bounce | ₹5 | Schedule II, Article 1(b), Court-Fees Act, 1870 as substituted by the Court Fees (Bihar Amendment) Act, 1995 |
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.
Bihar's scale under the Court-Fees Act, 1870 fixes the fee on a money claim by steps that rise with the amount claimed and stop at fifty thousand rupees, and fixes a flat fee on a written complaint of an offence. The fee on a petition under the Hindu Marriage Act is not one the scale names, and no amount is stated for it. 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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