Deficit Court fee - not yet paid
THE Commissioner, Directorate of Legal Affairs, CBEC informs that only a handful of payments (135 Nos) of Deficit Court fee have been remitted by the Commissionerates till date.
A list of appeals filed after 19/08/2014 till 13/04/2016 is enclosed and it is requested that payments of deficit court fee be expedited at least in cases which are still pending in the Supreme Court.
Following points are also communicated -
+ Date of filing may be confirmed to identify the appeals in which deposit of deficit court fee is mandatory.
+ The valuation taken for calculation of deficit court fee is only the duty portion of the revenue which is being contested in Supreme Court. Interest, penalty is kept out of its ambit as per guidelines. The fee is calculated as per schedule III in the Supreme Court notification dated 27.05.14.
+ The Central agency section, Ministry of Law has verbally communicated that deficit court fee of the pending appeals may be remitted beforehand to avert any adverse fallout in litigation.
+ In case of any difference in between the registry & Commissionerate figures of deficit Court fee, the same may please be resolved by visiting the Central Agency Section or the Registry Section III, Supreme Court of India with the said paper book for explanation.
+ Directorate of Legal affairs has procured a list of remittances (as on 29.06.2016) from Stock Holding Corporation of India by various Commissionerates which are lying unclaimed against which no E-Court fee stamp has been drawn for deposit of deficit court fees.
Surprisingly, the amount that is being referred to is nearly Rupees Ten lakhs - Rs.9,74,000/- to be precise.
How lackadaisical can one be? After all, it is public money!
F.No. 1080/45/DLA/2015-16/2459 dated November 8, 2016