Court Fee Calculator Pakistan
Court Fee Calculator Pakistan: choose what you are filing, enter the figures the Court Fees Act asks for, and see the fee together with the section or schedule entry it comes from.
Reviewed by Advocate Ammar Khan, Karachi · Last updated 11 October 2026
Using 7.5% with a maximum of Rs 15,000.00. You can change both under Rate and maximum below.
Rate and maximum for ad valorem fees (Schedule I, No. 1)
These defaults come from the Act text supplied for this tool, which carries Punjab amendments. In Sindh, the Court Fees (Sind Amendment) Ordinance, 1977 also fixes the maximum at Rs 15,000. If your province prescribes a different rate or maximum, change the two figures here.
Please fill in every figure with a number that is not negative.
Bill for this filing
Verify before you affix the stamp
- Confirm the rate and maximum in Schedule I for your province, because Finance Acts amend them.
- Confirm every fixed fee at the current stamp counter, since several provinces have revised Schedule II.
- Check for a notification under section 35 that reduces or remits a fee.
- Value the suit under section 7. The court decides valuation questions under sections 10 and 12 and may require a deficiency to be made good.
- Keep a note of how you calculated the fee, and add the fees of each distinct subject under section 17.
This tool is a working aid and does not replace the Act. It does not constitute legal advice.
Court Fee Calculator Pakistan: How It Works
This free Court Fee Calculator Pakistan tool applies the Court Fees Act, 1870 to the document you are filing. Choose a plaint, appeal, application, probate or copy, enter the value the Act asks for, and the tool shows the fee with the section or schedule entry behind it. For a deeper explanation of the two schedules and the categories in section 7, read our guide to the court fees structure in Pakistan.
Court Fee Calculator Pakistan: Fee Heads Covered
The amounts below are those printed in the Act text supplied for this tool. Provinces revise some of them through Finance Acts, so read the note on provincial revisions further down before you rely on a fixed fee.
| Document or suit | Fee | Provision |
|---|---|---|
| Plaint, memorandum of appeal, cross-objection, set-off or counterclaim | 7.5% of the value, maximum Rs 15,000, rounded to the nearest 50 paisas | Schedule I, No. 1 |
| Plaint in a suit under Section 9, Specific Relief Act | Half of the No. 1 fee | Schedule I, No. 2 |
| Application for review presented on or after the 90th day from the decree | Same as the plaint or appeal fee | Schedule I, No. 3 |
| Application for review presented before the 90th day | Half of the plaint or appeal fee | Schedule I, No. 4 |
| High Court revision under section 115 CPC, order, value below Rs 2,000 | Rs 7.50 | Schedule I, No. 12 |
| High Court revision under section 115 CPC, order, value Rs 2,000 or more | Rs 15 | Schedule I, No. 12 |
| High Court revision of an appellate decree | Same as on a memorandum of appeal | Schedule I, No. 12 |
| Probate or letters of administration, property above Rs 1,000 up to Rs 10,000 | 2% | Schedule I, No. 9 |
| Probate or letters of administration, above Rs 10,000 up to Rs 50,000 | 3% | Schedule I, No. 9 |
| Probate or letters of administration, above Rs 50,000 | 4% | Schedule I, No. 9 |
| Probate or letters where the property does not exceed Rs 1,000 | Not chargeable | Section 19(viii) |
| Succession certificate, first grant or extension | 2% or 3% of the debt or security | Schedule I, No. 10 |
| Copy of a judgment or order (court other than a High Court, or High Court) | Re 1 or Rs 2 | Schedule I, No. 5 |
| Copy of a decree (subject matter up to Rs 50, above Rs 50, High Court) | Re 1, Rs 2 or Rs 5 | Schedule I, No. 6 |
| Copy of any other proceeding or document | 50 paisas per 360 words | Schedule I, No. 8 |
| Suit for a declaratory decree where no consequential relief is prayed | Rs 30 | Schedule II, No. 11(iii) |
| Suit to set aside an alienation | Rs 15 | Schedule II, No. 11(vi) |
| Suit to set aside an award or an adoption, set aside a summary order, alter a revenue register entry, or a suit that cannot be valued in money | Rs 10 | Schedule II, No. 11(i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vii) |
| Suit to establish or disprove a right of occupancy | Rs 2 | Schedule II, No. 5 |
| Ordinary application or petition to a civil, criminal or revenue court not otherwise provided for | Rs 2 | Schedule II, No. 1(b) |
| Petition of complaint to a criminal court for an offence police cannot arrest for without a warrant | Rs 2 | Schedule II, No. 1(b) |
| Application for transfer of a case (court other than a High Court, or High Court) | Rs 5 | Schedule II, No. 1(c)(ii) and (d) |
| Application for leave to sue or appeal as a pauper | Rs 2 | Schedule II, Nos. 3 and 4 |
| Caveat | Rs 10 | Schedule II, No. 9 |
| Wakalatnama or Mukhtarnama for one case in a court other than a High Court | Rs 2 | Schedule II, No. 7(a) |
| Memorandum of appeal not from a decree (court other than a High Court, or High Court) | Rs 3 or Rs 10 | Schedule II, No. 8 |
| Divorce Act petition, Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act plaint, or agreement stating a question for the court | Rs 20 | Schedule II, Nos. 13, 14, 15 |
| Application under Chapter III of the Arbitration Act, 1940; reversioner suit under Punjab customary law | Rs 20 | Schedule II, Nos. 12 and 16 |
| Native Converts Marriage Dissolution Act petition | Rs 10 | Schedule II, No. 10 |
| Undertaking under section 49 of the Divorce Act, 1869; examination of a complainant in writing under section 18 | Re 1 | Schedule II, No. 6; section 18 |
| Wakalatnama presented to a High Court | Confirm at the stamp counter | Schedule II, No. 7(c) |
| Plaint or memorandum of appeal in any suit or appeal under the Family Courts Act, 1964 | Rs 15 | Family Courts Act, 1964, section 19 |
Points to Check Before You Buy the Stamp
Section 6 bars a chargeable document from being filed without the proper fee, and section 28 says it has no validity until properly stamped, although the court may order a document received by mistake to be stamped as it directs. Section 7(iv) lets the plaintiff state the value of the relief, but valuation questions are decided by the court under section 12, which can require additional fee. In suits for mesne profits or accounts, section 11 stops execution of the decree until any extra fee on the larger amount decreed is paid.
Court fee and limitation sometimes overlap. Reported case law (PLD 1984 SC 289 and 1988 CLC 1311) says that paying the fee late does not make a suit time barred unless the court first fixed a date for a definite amount and the plaintiff defaulted. Even so, count your dates carefully with our limitation period calculator.
Fixed Fees May Have Been Revised in Your Province
The Court Fees Act extends to the whole of Pakistan (section 1), but the amounts in its schedules are amended by provincial Finance Acts. The Punjab Laws portal, for example, records amendments to several Schedule II amounts by the Punjab Finance Act 2024 with effect from 1 July 2024. Choose your province at the top of the calculator and it shows what is confirmed for that province and what you must check. Where a fixed fee result is shown by the calculator, you can enter the current amount for your province and the bill will use it. The Schedule I rate and maximum can be changed in the same way.
What Is Confirmed for Sindh
The Court Fees Act, 1870 extends to the whole of Pakistan, and in Sindh the Court Fees (Sind Amendment) Ordinance, 1977 (Sindh Ordinance VII of 1977) provides that the court fee payable under the First Schedule shall not in any case exceed Rs 15,000. Reported commentary also records that section 7(v) was substituted in Sindh by the Sindh Finance Act and values possession suits by market value. The 7.5% rate and the Schedule II amounts used by this calculator come from the Act text supplied and are not independently confirmed for Sindh, so match them with your Sindh bare act or the stamp counter before filing.
Court Fees in Criminal Cases
There is no blanket exemption for criminal matters. Schedule II, No. 1(b) charges Rs 2 on a petition of complaint for an offence police cannot arrest for without a warrant, and section 18 asks for Re 1 when such a complainant is first examined in writing, unless the court remits it. Section 19 lists documents that are not chargeable at all, such as bail bonds, recognizances, petitions by prisoners, complaints by public servants and the first application for a witness summons.
Court Fee Calculator Pakistan FAQs
Do the fixed fees in the table apply in every province?
The table follows the Act text supplied, which prints Rs 2, Rs 5 and similar amounts. Provinces amend these through Finance Acts, so confirm the current figure at the stamp counter. The calculator lets you enter a different amount for any fixed fee.
How much is the court fee on a plaint in Pakistan?
Under Schedule I, No. 1 of the Court Fees Act as supplied for this tool, the fee is 7.5% of the amount or value of the subject matter, subject to a maximum of Rs 15,000. At 7.5% the maximum is reached at a value of Rs 2,00,000. Provinces amend these figures through Finance Acts, so confirm them for your province.
What is the court fee for a suit under Section 9 of the Specific Relief Act?
It is half of the fee on a plaint under Schedule I, No. 1, as Schedule I, No. 2 provides.
What fee applies to a simple suit for declaration?
Where no consequential relief is prayed, Schedule II, No. 11(iii) fixes the fee at Rs 30. Where consequential relief is prayed, section 7(iv)(c) makes the fee ad valorem on the value the plaintiff states, and reported Karachi case law (PLD 1973 Kar 653) holds that an arbitrary value cannot be put.
How is the fee valued in a maintenance suit?
In an ordinary civil court, section 7(ii) values the subject matter at ten times the amount claimed for one year. In a Family Court, section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1964 (as substituted in 2002) fixes the court fee at Rs 15 on any plaint or memorandum of appeal for any kind of suit or appeal under that Act, whatever the value.
Is any court fee payable in criminal cases?
There is no blanket exemption. A petition of complaint for an offence police cannot arrest for without a warrant carries Rs 2 under Schedule II, No. 1(b), and section 18 asks the complainant for Re 1 when the first examination is reduced to writing, unless the court remits it. Section 19 exempts specific documents such as bail bonds, recognizances, petitions by prisoners and complaints by public servants.
What happens if the court fee paid is short?
Section 28 allows the court to order the document stamped as it directs, and sections 10 and 12 allow additional fee to be required after a valuation question is decided. Reported Supreme Court case law (PLD 1984 SC 289) requires the court to give an opportunity to make good the deficiency before rejecting a plaint under Order VII Rule 11(c) CPC.
Sources and Further Reading
Check each figure against the text of the Act for your province. The Court Fees Act, 1870 on the Punjab Laws portal shows the Punjab amendments, and the Court Fees (Sind Amendment) Ordinance, 1977 shows the Sindh maximum fee. The supplied text of the Act does not print the fee for a wakalatnama presented to a High Court, and the other versions I found show different amounts, so confirm that fee at the High Court stamp counter.