Tamil Nadu 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. Three per cent of the amount claimed, with no ceiling.
| Amount claimed | Fee |
|---|---|
| Above ₹0 | 3 per cent of the amount claimed |
| Amount claimed | Fee |
|---|---|
| ₹50,000 | ₹1,500 |
| ₹1,00,000 | ₹3,000 |
| ₹5,00,000 | ₹15,000 |
| ₹10,00,000 | ₹30,000 |
| ₹50,00,000 | ₹1,50,000 |
Schedule I, Article 1, Tamil Nadu Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1955
| Amount claimed | Fee |
|---|---|
| Above ₹0 | 0.5 per cent of the amount claimed |
The Act caps this fee at ₹10,000.
| Amount claimed | Fee |
|---|---|
| ₹50,000 | ₹250 |
| ₹1,00,000 | ₹500 |
| ₹5,00,000 | ₹2,500 |
| ₹10,00,000 | ₹5,000 |
| ₹50,00,000 | ₹10,000 |
Schedule II, Article 20, Tamil Nadu Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1955
| Matter | Fee | Provision |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal complaint | ₹5 | Schedule II, Article 11(f), Tamil Nadu Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1955 |
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.
Tamil Nadu's Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1955 fixes the fee on a money claim at three per cent of the amount claimed, fixes a separate scale on a cheque complaint, and fixes a flat fee on a written complaint of an offence. The fee on a petition under the Hindu Marriage Act or the Special Marriage Act is not one the Schedule 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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