About this calculator
This tool computes the court fee payable under the Court Fees Act, 1870, as applicable
in Uttar Pradesh (U.P. Act No. 44 of 1958 and later amendments), for civil suits,
appeals, applications/petitions, probate/letters of administration, and succession
certificates. It is built for practising lawyers and law students in U.P. civil practice
(Allahabad High Court and Lucknow Bench included).
Its central purpose is to keep three separate ideas separate, which is where most valuation
mistakes happen: the market value of the property or claim, the
statutory value the Act requires you to use for a given category of suit
(which is very often not the market value), and the court fee
actually payable on that statutory value. Every result shows all three, and shows the
arithmetic connecting them — never just a final number.
What it covers
Sec. 7(i)–(xi) — every Section 7 valuation category (money suits, maintenance, movable property, declarations, injunctions, possession of land/house, partition, pre-emption, redemption, foreclosure, specific performance, landlord-tenant suits)
Sec. 8 — appeals against land-acquisition/compensation orders
Schedule I, Article 1 — the full ad valorem slab formula (not a lookup table) for plaints, memoranda of appeal, and written statements pleading set-off/counterclaim
Schedule I, Articles 2, 2-A, 2-B, 4, 5 — related ad valorem provisions
Schedule I, Articles 11 & 12 — Probate/Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates
Schedule II — around 30 of the most-used fixed fees (vakalatnama, writ petitions, caveats, arbitration applications, matrimonial petitions, election petitions, and more)
Not covered: minor Schedule I/II articles not reproduced here, and fee provisions under special
statutes outside the Court Fees Act entirely (Consumer Protection Act rules, Family Courts Act
practice, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal fees, GST/Income-tax appellate fees).
How to use it
- Choose what you are filing (suit, appeal, application, probate, or succession certificate).
- Answer the follow-up questions about the nature of the claim — only the questions relevant to your fact pattern are shown.
- Enter the facts asked for (dates, amounts, revenue figures, etc.) — the calculator explains what each figure means where it isn't obvious, via the "what does this mean?" links next to each field.
- Read the result in two stages: first the statutory value for court-fee purposes, then the court fee computed from it — with every step of the arithmetic shown.
- Open "Legal basis & research relied upon" on the result to see the exact Act/Section/Article/clause and formula used, and any judicial interpretation relied upon.
If the facts you enter aren't enough to determine a figure safely (e.g. the applicable land
category is unclear), the calculator will say so explicitly rather than guessing — look for
"Manual determination required."
Disclaimer
This calculator is intended as a research and estimation aid. Court-fee liability may depend
on the precise pleadings, relief claimed, nature of the property, applicable amendments, rules
and judicial interpretation. Verify the calculation against the current applicable law before
filing. Court-fee schedules are revenue legislation and can be amended by notification — for
any high-value filing, cross-check the figure with your court's current Nazarat/Stamp
Reporter's office before relying on it. See "Sources & flagged issues" below for the
specific points in this calculator that have not been independently verified against a
certified Gazette copy, and for citations relied upon.
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