Court fee for filing a case varies from state to state. The Madhya Pradesh Court-fee rates are not available online from authentic sources. However, as far as I understand the court-fee for a cheque bounce case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act in Madhya Pradesh are as under (please confirm it from some local court or local lawyer in Madhya Pradesh):
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If the value of cheque is up to Rs. 1 lakh
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Court-fee is 5% of the amount of the dishonoured cheque, subject to a minimum of Rs. 200.
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If the value of cheque is more than Rs. 1 lakh but up to Rs. 5 lakh.
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Court-fee is minimum of Rs. 5000 PLUS 4% of the cheque amount in excess of Rs. 1 lakh.
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If the value of cheque is more than Rs. 5 lakh.
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Court-fee is minimum of Rs. 21000 PLUS 3% of the cheque amount in excess of Rs. 5 lakh, BUT court-fee is subject to being a maximum of Rs. 1.50 lakh.
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As mentioned above, please confirm it from the local court / lawyers in Madhya Pradesh, since court-fee rates keep changing and no information is available online from authentic sources.
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