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Supreme Court

For writ petitions except for habeas corpus, the court fee is Rs. 500.¹ However, if the writ petition is filed in a criminal case, then no court fee is required.¹

High Court

The court fee varies for different High Courts. Information on the court fee for individual High Courts can be found on the concerned court’s website.

High Court	Court fee
Delhi²	Rs. 100 (except a habeas corpus petition for which fee is Rs. 250).
Andhra Pradesh³	Rs. 100 (except a habeas corpus petition for which fee is Rs. 2).
Guwahati⁴	Rs. 50
Punjab & Haryana⁵	Rs. 50
Patna⁶	Rs. 1,000
Calcutta⁷	Rs. 100 (except a habeas corpus petition for which there is no fee).
Bombay⁸	Rs. 250
Chennai⁹	Rs. 200 (except a habeas corpus petition for which fee is Rs. 10).
Chhattisgarh¹⁰	Rs. 100
Allahabad¹¹	Rs. 100
Karnataka¹²	Rs. 100 (except a habeas corpus petition).
Jammu & Kashmir
Orissa¹³	Rs. 50
Rajasthan¹⁴	Rs. 25 (except a habeas corpus petition for which fee is Rs. 2).
Madhya Pradesh¹⁵	Rs. 100
Kerala¹⁶	Rs. 25 (except a habeas corpus petition for which fee is Rs. 2).
Gujarat¹⁷	Rs. 50
Himachal Pradesh¹⁸	Rs. 50 (except a habeas corpus petition for which fee is Rs. 2.65).
Sikkim¹⁹	Rs. 250 (except a habeas corpus petition).
Uttarakhand²⁰	Rs. 50
Jharkhand²⁰	Rs. 50
Tripura²⁰	Rs. 50
Manipur²⁰	Rs. 50
Meghalaya²¹	Rs. 95
Telangana²²	Rs. 100 (except a habeas corpus petition for which the fee is Rs. 2).

Supreme Court of India, Handbook on Practice and Procedure and Office Procedure, accessed at https://main.sci.gov.in/pdf/LU/ppop2017.pdf [↩] [↩]
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Revenue Department, The Court- Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2012, accessed at http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/writereaddata/upload/Notification/NotificationFile_FCEDT9TW.PDF [↩]
Andhra Pradesh Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956, accessed at https://districts.ecourts.gov.in/sites/default/files/Andhra_Pradesh_Court_Fees_And_Suits_Valuation_Act__1956_1.pdf [↩]
The Court Fees (Assam Amendment) Act, 1972, accessed at https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/5085/1/the_court_fees_%28assam_amendment%29_act%2C_1972_._recognized.pdf [↩]
https://highcourtchd.gov.in/sub_pages/left_menu/Court%20Fees/Court%20Fee%20Table.pdf [↩]
The Court Fees (Bihar Amendment) Act, 1995, accessed at https://districts.ecourts.gov.in/saharsa/court-fee-strucutre [↩]
The West Bengal Court Fees Act, 1970, accessed at http://www.wbja.nic.in/wbja_adm/files/The%20West%20Bengal%20Court-Fees%20Act,%201970.pdf [↩]
The Maharashtra Court Fees Act, accessed at https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/acts/1959.36.pdf [↩]
Tamil Nadu Court Fees and Suit Valuations Act, 1965, accessed at https://districts.ecourts.gov.in/sites/default/files/Courtfee%20TN.pdf [↩]
Chhattisgarh High Court Rules, 2007, accessed at http://highcourt.cg.gov.in/other/filinginstruction/FilingInstructions.pdf [↩]
Schedule II (e)(2), Court Fees Act, Uttar Pradesh. [↩]
The Karnataka Court Fee and Suits Valuation Act, 1958, accessed at http://dpal.kar.nic.in/pdf_files/16%20of%201958%20(E).pdf [↩]
Schedule II(e)(i), Court Fees Act, 1870. [↩]
The Rajasthan Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1961, accessed at https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/13049/1/the_rajasthan_court_fees_and_suits_valuation_act%2C_1961.pdf [↩]
Court Fees Act, 1870, accessed at https://www.latestlaws.com/bare-acts/state-acts-rules/madhya-pradesh-state-laws/courts-fees-act-1870/ [↩]
The Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1959, accessed at https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/12325/1/10.pdf [↩]
The Gujarat Court Fees Act, 2004, accessed at https://gujcourts.guj.nic.in/acts/gujarat_court_fees_act2004.pdf [↩]
The Himachal Pradesh Court Fees Act, 1968, accessed at https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/5357/1/the_himachal_pradesh_court_fees_act%2C_1968.pdf [↩]
Sikkim High Court (Practice and Procedure) Rules, 2011, accessed at https://hcs.gov.in/hcs/sites/default/files/rules/hc_pp_rules.pdf [↩]
Schedule II(e)(i), Court Fees Act, 1870. [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩]
The Court Fees (Meghalaya Amendment) Act, 2012, accessed at https://districts.ecourts.gov.in/sites/default/files/Meghalaya%20Court%20Fee%20Act%202012%20%28Amendment%29_0.pdf [↩]
Schedule II, Article 11(s), Telangana Court-Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956. [↩]

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April 2, 2024

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