Govt reduces court fees
In the face of demand of lawyers, the government has re-fixed the court fees in respect of filing some types of cases with effect from September 1.
A gazette notification on reducing the court fees was issued on September 21.
Earlier on August 30, the government issued a gazette notification on the Court Fee Amendment Act, 2010 increasing the court fees 25 to 50 times higher than previous fees.
The law ministry has reduced the court fee from 15 percent to 2.5 percent for filing a money suit and from 10 percent to 2 percent in filing a land related case.
Now, the litigants have to pay Tk 50,000 as maximum fee for filing any money suit and Tk 40,000 for filing a land related case, said Law Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday.
Addressing a press briefing at the secretariat in the afternoon, the law minister said the ministry has re-fixed the court fees for the sake of poor litigants.
The court fees have been reduced in respect of filing those cases, which are mostly filed by the poor people, he said.
He also said a revenue stamp fee has also been reduced from Tk 200 to Tk 20.
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on September 21 demanded of the government to cancel its decision on increased court fees.
The SCBA leaders also threatened to go for a tougher movement against the government if the demand was not met.
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