{"id":30523,"date":"2013-10-10T15:17:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T09:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=30523"},"modified":"2013-10-10T15:17:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T09:47:48","slug":"delhi-high-court-strikes-hike-court-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-high-court-strikes-hike-court-fees","title":{"rendered":"Delhi High Court strikes down hike in court fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/delhi-high-court.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/nod-given-for-occupying-flats-in-dwarka-societycourt\/delhi-high-court-70\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=120%2C86&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"120,86\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"delhi-high-court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=120%2C86&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=120%2C86&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14833\" alt=\"delhi-high-court\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/delhi-high-court.png?resize=120%2C86&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"120\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a>In a major relief for common litigants, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday struck down the Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2012, through which the Delhi Government had increased court fees across the board last year.<\/p>\n<p>A Division Bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice J. R. Midha quashed the government\u2019s decision on a petition filed by the Delhi High Court Bar Association, arguing that the government lacked the jurisdiction to carry out the amendment.<\/p>\n<p>HJThe Association had challenged the increase by saying the Delhi Government did not have the legislative competence to increase the fees as the law governing them was a Central legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The Delhi Government had defended the hike saying that the new rates had been introduced on the instructions of the High Court and that it would facilitate implementation of the e-Court project in the Capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have held that the Delhi Assembly did not have the legislative competence to amend the Court Fees Act, 1870. We have also held that the Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2012, adversely impacts the Part-III rights and results in violation of Article 38 and 39A of the Constitution of India,\u201d the Bench said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor these reasons, the Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2012, as a whole has to be struck down. The Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2012, is hereby declared as invalid and ultra vires the Constitution and therefore, struck down,\u201d the Bench said. \u201cAs a result, the respondents would be liable to refund court fees, which have been recovered from litigants based on the prescriptions contained in the Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2012,\u201d the Bench stated.<\/p>\n<p>Keywords: Delhi High Court, court fees hike, Delhi High Court Bar Association<\/p>\n<p>(Source:IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major relief for common litigants, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday struck down the Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2012, through which the Delhi Government had increased court fees across the board last year. A Division Bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice J. R. 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Refusing to roll back the upward revision of court fees, the city government said that it would not amend the Court Fee (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2012, as sought by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22440,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/lawyers-end-strike-after-delhi-govt-proposes-talks","url_meta":{"origin":30523,"position":3},"title":"Lawyers end strike after Delhi govt proposes talks","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Lawyers of six district courts on\u00a0Wednesday called off their indefinite hunger strike against the ten-fold hike in court fees after the Delhi government assured them of considering their demands. The Co-ordination Council of All Bar Associations in Delhi announced its decision to call off the strike, saying the city government\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22362,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/lawyers-strike-affects-district-court-proceedings","url_meta":{"origin":30523,"position":4},"title":"Lawyers strike affects district court proceedings","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The proceedings in six district courts in the city were today affected by the day-long strike called by lawyers to protest against the hike in court fees in Delhi. \u00a0The lawyers abstained from work in all the six district courts of Patiala House, Tis Hazari, Karkardooma, Rohini, Saket and Dwarka,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20494,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-fee-marriage-bills-tabled-in-delhi-assembly","url_meta":{"origin":30523,"position":5},"title":"\u201dCourt fee, marriage bills tabled in Delhi assembly\u201d","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"June 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Bill, 2012 \u2014 which proposes a 10-fold hike in fees \u2014 was introduced in the Assembly on Thursday. 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