K. Sukumaran, J.

1. Most that could be said on the concept and content of court fee has been said by the Supreme Court in P.M. Ashwathanarayana Setty v. State of Karnataka, AIR 1989 S.C. 100 and in Secretary, Government of Madras, Home Department v. Zenith Lamp and Electrical Ltd., AIR 1973 S.C. 724. Much that could be done within the constricted frame work of a delicate financial situation appears to have been done by the State of Kerala on the basis of a report and recommendations from an expert committee chaired by a former Chief Justice of this Court Many of the professional organisations with effective and genuine academic and public interest, have through their seminars, symposia and resolutions contributed much of thought in the practical plane. One of such meaningful exercises in the State was the seminar on court fee organised at the meeting of the Bar Federation held at Thodupuzha in which the former Chief Justice of Delhi, Shri Rajinder Sachar, delivered a well studied speech. Ordinance No. 9 of 1990 promulgated by the State of Kerala in implementation of the report, gives substantial relief in very many areas as regards court fee. A total abolition may be the ideal;