Amendment in Court Fees

REGD. No. D. L.-33002/99 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Delhi Gazette SG-DL-E-09032026-270759 EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 72] DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2026/PHALGUNA 15, 1947 [N. C. T. D. No. 490 PART IV GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI DEPARTMENT OF LAW, JUSTICE AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION Delhi, the 6th March, 2026 F. 14 (105)/LA-2026/jtsecylaw /359-368-The following Act of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi received the assent of the President of India on 19th February, 2026 and is hereby published for general information:-. THE COURT FEES (DELHI AMENDMENT) ACT 2026 (ACT No. 02 OF 2026) (As passed by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi on 09th January, 2026). [06th March, 2026] An Act to further to amend the Court Fees Act 1870 (07 of 1870), in its application to the National Territory of Delhi. BE it enacted by Legislative Assembly of Delhi in the Seventy-Seventh year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act 2026. (2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Delhi Gazette. 2. Substitution of section 16.- The section 16 of the Court Fees Act 1870 (07 of 1870), in its application to National Territory of Delhi, shall be amended as under;- "Section 16 - Refund of Fee:- Where the parties to a suit or appeal, at any stage of such suit or appeal, settle their dispute amicably, with or without the intervention of the Court and with or without invoking any of the modes of settlement of dispute, referred to in section 89 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) and the said suit including Counter-claim, if any, or appeal is disposed of as settled/compromised by the court, the plaintiff/Counter- claimant shall be entitled to a certificate from the Court authorizing him to receive back from the collector/competent officer, the full amount of fee, paid in respect of such plaint/counter claim." 3. Omission of section 16A.- Section 16A inserted vide the Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act 2010 notified in Delhi Gazette-Extra Ordinary, vide Notification No F.14(22)/LA-2008/ASLAW/17. Dated the 11th February, 2010, shall be omitted. REETESH SINGH, Principal Secretary Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.