Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act and Rules

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Description
The Court-Fees Act is not a substantive law as it does not create any rights or liabilities. At the same time it cannot also be termed as procedural law as an amendment thereof does alter the measures the Court takes. However this particular Statute is more inclined towards the procedural side as it ordains that the litigant should pay a fee before Court looks into the particular grievance. This implies the fact that in case of uncertainty it should be interpreted in favour of the citizen and unless retrospective effect is expressly intended by the Legislature, no extra burden should be placed on him over and above what he could anticipate before commencing litigation. Thus I can say that Court-Fees and Suits Valuation Act is indeed an important piece of legislation which facilitates and in a way regulates the filing of cases in Courts of various jurisdictions in our State apart from generating reasonable amount of revenue to the Government.
Latest provisions with regard to Legal Benefit Fund are included in this book. I have included the amendments made in 2016.
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Contents
1. The Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1959
2. The Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Rules, 1962
3. The Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation (Board of Revenue) Rules, 1960
4. Notifications (For detailed contents see page 9)
5. Table of Process Fees Rules issued by the High Court under the Kerala
    Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1959
6. Table of Process Fees Chargeable for Serving and Executing Process
    Issued by any Criminal Court in the Case of Offences other than
     Offences for which Police Officers may Arrest without a Warrant
7. Notification on Additional Court Fee
8. Court Fee Payable in Motor Accident Cases
9. The Kerala Legal Benefit Fund Rules, 1991
        Notifications
        Kerala Legal Benefit Fund
        Court-fee ready reckoner
        Index
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Author Details
George Johnson, M.A., LL.M (Advocate, High Court of Kerala, Editor, Kerala High Court Cases and Law Decision)
Dominic Johnson, LL.B, (Advocate, High Court of Kerala)