No court fees for victims of dud cheques says SC ‘Unfair to charge people for filing cases related to bounced cheques’ Courtesy of Bapu.Deedwania @timesgroup.com Thanks to Times Group. The Supreme Court last week ruled that complainants in cheque-bounce cases will not have to pay court fees. Under the Court Fees Act (2012), a litigant has to shell out at least Rs 1,000 for the filing of the cheque-bounce case (earlier, this fee was Rs 1.25). Similarly, no court fees will be charged for submitting written statements in civil matters and seeking review of judgments. The Supreme Court was hearing a special leave petition (SLP) by the Delhi state government after the Delhi Bar Association challenged its notification on increase in court fees. A bench led by Justice G S Singhvi asked the Delhi government not to charge litigants if they filed cases relating to bounced cheques under the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act. Thebenchsaidthatitwasnotrighttochargea litigant