suit wont be numbered untill full court fees are paid . it is only in cases where suit is filed by indigent persons that court fee is exempt
A person shall be deemed to be an
indigent person if he is not possessed of means exceeding one thousand rupees in value,
or where he is possessed of means exceeding one thousand rupees in value the same are
not sufficient to enable him to pay the fees prescribed by law for the plaint.
For the purposes of this definition the means which a person is possessed of shall
be deemed not to include his necessary wearing apparel. Property exempt from
attachment in execution of a decree and the subject-matter of the suit.
An
application for permission to sue, to proceed with a suit or to defend a suit as an indigent
person shall be made by petition, setting out concisely in separate paragraphs the facts
and the relief prayed; such petition shall be presented to the Prothonotary and Senior
Master who shall, on satisfying himself that the provisions of Order XXXIII of the Civil
Procedure Code have been complied with and not otherwise, order it to be interpreted
On such petition being filed in the Office of the
Prothonotary and Senior Master, on the application of an indigent person, a notice
returnable before the Prothonotary and Senior Master, for investigation of the petitioners’
claim that he is an indigent person, shall be issued