Object and Scope Of court Fee

The object of act is to secure revenue for the benefits of state and not to punish the opponent party.

“It is a fiscal enactment entered only to secure revenue. It is a form of taxation.”

i- Collection of revenue for state:

 ii- Collection of court fees prior to litigation:

 iii- To curtain un-necessary litigation:

 iv- To test the Bonafide of parties:

 v- To prescribe the mode of paying court fees:

 vi- To lay down exemptions:

 vii- To determine court fees:

 viii- Benefits of the parties:

 ix- To defend the parties:

 Court fees act is a federal law relating to the subject of court fees.

The federal legislature s well as provincial legislature can make amendment in court fees act.

Court fees act is substantive and it also provides procedure for how a fee is to be determined.

Following documents are expressly exempted from payment of court fees.

i- Power of attorney:

 ii- Written statement:

iii- Letter of administration:

 iv- Petation in matters connected with land:

 v- Application to government:

 vi- Application for service of notice:

 vii- Application for leave to contest:

 viii- Written authority:

 x- Application for summons:

 x- Bail bonds in criminal cases:

 xi- Application for permission to cuttimber:

 xii- Complaints:

 xiii- Petation for appeal:

 xiv- Application for comunsation:

 Court fees act is a violation of injunction of Islam as lay down in Quran and Sunnah.

i- Advalurem ………………… schedule 1 or

ii- Fixed  …………………. schedule 2