An
Act further to amend the Rajasthan Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1961. Be
it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Seventy-first Year of the
Republic of India, as follows:- (1)
This
Act may be called the Rajasthan Court Fees and Suits Valuation (Amendment) Act,
2020. (2)
It
shall come into force at once. For
the existing section 21 of the Rajasthan Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act,
1961 (Act No. 23 of 1961), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "21.
Suits for money or damages.- In
a suit for money (including a suit for damages or compensation, or arrears of
maintenance, or annuities, or of other sums payable periodically), fee shall be
computed on the amount claimed: Provided
that where the suit is for damages for defamation, the fee shall be computed on
the amount claimed, subject to a maximum fee of rupees twenty five thousand: Provided
further that in an action or suit for damages under the Fatal Accidents Act,
1855 (Central Act No. 13 of 1855) a fixed fee of rupees ten shall be payable on
the plaint or the memorandum of appeal."Rajasthan Court Fees And Suits
Valuation (Amendment) Act, 2020
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