COURT FEES (DELHI AMENDMENT) ACT, 2026

Act No. 02 of 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:--

S.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.

S.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."

S.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.