BOMBAY HIGH COURT INTRODUCES ONLINE PAYMENT OF COURT FEES THROUGH E-PAYMENT

The Bombay High Court has recently introduced ONLINE PAYMENT OF COURT FEES THROUGH E-PAYMENT, Advocate/Litigant centric initiative, in co-ordination with the Government of Maharashtra and National Informatics Centre. The service will start from 1st July 2011. Presently, all the Court Fees are paid by way of impressed and adhesive Stamps. Sometimes, there is a shortage of Court Fees Stamps and Advocates/Litigants find it difficult to obtain Court Fee Stamps. This is being resolved by using an Electronic Technology to provide payment of Court Fees through e-payment. This facility will be in addition to the existing System of payment of Court Fees through Court Fee Stamps.

The procedure for making payment of Court Fees through

e-payment is as follows :-

1. Visit website of Government Receipt Accounting System (GRAS) i.e.

https://gras.mahakosh.gov.in

2. Make the e-payment by registering on the GRAS website or without

registration. (The benefit of registration however is that the user

need not enter the specified information at the time of every

payment.)

3. After log in, user must Fill in / Select appropriate parameters and follow

the required steps for making e-payment e.g. Department (High Court),

Scheme Name (Court Fees collected in stamp duty),period (2011-2012),

Amount ( 1000), Case Type (WPC), Name (Name of Applicant), Party

details (ABC Vs XYZ), Bank (IDBI) etc.

4. At the end of process on GRAS Website, e-Challan will be generated

showing the information i. e. GRN No., Name of the Party, Case Type,

Bank Details, Payment Details etc., regarding e-payment made.

5. Lastly, User must produce e-Challan at the time of filing.

Note :-

● For availing of the Service for making e-payment of Court Fees, user

must have an Internet Banking Account in the respective Banks specified

by GRAS i.e. Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, IDBI, Indian Overseas

Bank and Union Bank of India.

● User Manual for making e-payment is available on the Bombay High

Court's Website at http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/epayment.pdf

● The GRAS Website at https://gras.mahakosh.gov.in has a link for

downloading a User Manual for creation of a payee account on that

Website.

ADVANTAGES

● No Que for obtaining of Court Fee Stamps

● No waiting period due to non availability of Court Fee Stamps with Stamp

Vendor

● e-Payment Services available 24x7 basis

● Registered User can track his transaction of e-payment

● No risk of Court Fee Stamps procured getting damaged/lost or of

Counterfeit Stamps

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