Estimate filing fees for Tamil Nadu District Munsif Courts, Sub-Courts, District Courts, Magistrate and Sessions Courts, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals, the Madras High Court at Chennai and its Madurai Bench. The formulas follow the Tamil Nadu Court-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1955 and the Tamil Nadu MACT Rules, 1989. The page also explains where an indigent-person application or free legal services may be relevant before a fee is paid.
Statutory formulas
Uses the 3% rate, whole-rupee rounding, minima and caps from the Act.
Source dated
Court-fee Act checked through Act 43 of 2024; MACT and fee-relief sources rechecked 20 August 2026.
No generated law
No AI-written case law or invented citations are used.
Select one court or tribunal and one filing. Amounts stay in your browser.
This is a statutory estimate, not a registry assessment. The court may determine a different valuation or require fees for additional reliefs.
The calculator shows the ordinary statutory fee. It does not subtract a waiver or decide eligibility. The following routes require a separate application and a decision by the court or legal services authority.
A person without sufficient means to pay the prescribed plaint fee may apply for permission to sue as an indigent person. The court examines the person's means and can allow, refuse or later withdraw that permission.
Read Order XXXIII on India CodeA person unable to pay the fee on a memorandum of appeal may apply to appeal as an indigent person. The appellate court decides the application; the calculator result should not be reduced in advance.
Read Order XLIV on India CodeTNSLSA lists category-based eligibility under section 12 and an annual-income ceiling of ₹3,00,000 for cases before courts other than the Supreme Court. NALSA states that approved legal aid may include required court fees and incidental expenses.
Check TNSLSA eligibilityCheck eligibility before buying e-court-fee. An Order XXXIII application must include the plaint particulars and a verified schedule of the applicant's movable and immovable property. For legal aid, contact TNSLSA, the High Court Legal Services Committee, or the relevant District or Taluk Legal Services Committee.
Fee relief is not automatic. The applicable procedure, evidence, timing and final liability for court fees depend on the court's order and the outcome of the proceeding. Seek case-specific advice before filing.
The calculator implements the principal civil valuation rules, fixed Schedule II filings, MACT petitions and appeals, probate stages, insolvency and trust applications, civil and criminal appeals, bail filings, revisions, arbitration entries, cheque-bounce complaints, the 2017 revised fee structure and the 2024 Madras High Court Intellectual Property Division fees. It does not infer the legal character of a prayer. You select the applicable statutory entry.
Law checked 2026-08-20 · Court-fee Act through Act 43 of 2024
No. The Madurai Bench is part of the Madras High Court and uses the same Tamil Nadu statutory fee schedule. The calculator keeps the bench separate so it can show only filing categories ordinarily available there.
Schedule I, Article 1 was substituted by Tamil Nadu Act 6 of 2017. The current rate is 3% of the amount or value in dispute, with any fraction of a rupee rounded up under section 21-A.
No. It calculates the selected court-fee entry. Multiple reliefs, process fees, welfare stamps, copying charges and other filing amounts may be additional.
The court-fee Act was checked through Tamil Nadu Act 43 of 2024. The MACT schedule, current section 173 appeal threshold and official fee-relief sources were rechecked on 20 August 2026. The source date is displayed on the page and should be rechecked whenever the Act or Rules are amended.
Order XXXIII of the Code of Civil Procedure allows a person without sufficient means to apply for permission to sue as an indigent person. The court examines the application and the applicant's means. The calculator does not decide eligibility or automatically reduce the result.
No. Eligibility for free legal services and permission to proceed without paying court fees upfront are separate questions. TNSLSA assesses legal-aid eligibility, while the relevant court decides an indigent-person application under the Code of Civil Procedure.
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