How to Pay Calcutta High Court fees online?
How to Pay Calcutta High Court Fees online?
Calcutta High Court has started e-payment of court fees from July 15, 2021 for the original and appellate side of the High Court and its circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri.
A person who wish to pay court fees online can pay via the official portal https://pay.ecourts.gov.in
The person making the payment does not need any registration and thus the same can be done with mobile phone browser also.
As per the new system for court fees, payments can be made through net-banking, debit cards, credit cards and UPI. E-Payment of Court Fees can be done anytime and from anywhere. The payment is collected by WBIFMS-GRIPS (Portal of Finance Department, Government of West Bengal)
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has also been issued which entails a step-by-step guide for correct payment of court fees.
The clerical staff at the filing counter can verify GRN (number used to validate the e-payment and its defacement), its inclusion in the case file for future reference etc. as per the directions mentioned in the SOP. These are the steps for Calcutta High Court Fees Payment Online:
Steps for Calcutta High Court Fees Payment Online
- Visit the official website of E-courts Digital Payment here - https://pay.ecourts.gov.in/epay/
- User can pay Court Fees for a new case or an existing Case.
- By default, Court Fees is selected as Payment Type.
- Choose High Court for which Court Fees is to be paid.
For a New Case – Select High Court as Calcutta High Court
Select Bench Name between Calcutta High Court Appellate Side, Calcutta High Court Original Side or circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri.
Enter Party Name, Amount of Court Fees, Remarks (Purpose of Court Fees), and Mobile Number.
For Existing Case – Enter Details of Case Number or Filing Number or CNR Number
and click on “GO”.
Details of Case associated with Case Number/ Filing Number/ CNR Number will be automatically displayed.
Confirm and Verify the same and proceed with the Amount of Court Fee, Remarks, Mobile
Number.
- Select the Check Box for “I Agree to above Terms and Conditions”.
- Click on “Generate OTP” and an OTP will be received on your mobile.
- Enter OTP and click on Verify Button.
- After OTP verification, user will be redirected to the Online e-Payment System (GRIPS) for payment of the amount for Court Fees where depositor details, payment details along with challan details are displayed.
- Select Payment Mode and click Confirm.
- Click on “PROCEED” to proceed further with payment of court fees.
- One GRN number will be generated prior to the making of the payment.
- Note down the GRN number, check all the details and click “PROCEED”.
- CLick on “CONFIRM” again on the next screen after you check all the details and enter Captcha.
- SBIePay payment gateway opens or the one chosen by you.
- Choose Payment Mode on the Payment Page – Choose among Debit Card or Credit Card with a PIN or Net Banking, BHIM UPI, wallets or NEFT.
- After selecting the appropriate payment option click on Pay Now button to proceed
- further.
- After successful court fees payment online, Print Acknowledgement will be displayed. You can download as pdf or take a printout of the same. You must take a printout as physical form of payment of court fees.
The Online e-Payment System will display a "Payment successful" message along with Challan Receipt of the portal.
Use the Acknowledgement slip in e-filing or present the same at Filing Counters of
Court concerned as Court Fees.
Concerned Clerk will deface/cancel the Court Fees so that it is not used elsewhere.
The GRN number will be used to validate the e-payment and its defacement thereof.
The Clerical Staffs in the filing Counter would check the details of the GRN and ascertain its validity. If its valid, he/she would proceed to deface the GRN. The GRN number would then be quoted in the case file, along with the value of the
court fees and the date of the GRN for future reference. The Copy of the GRN would bear his initial and the note of cancellation. The copy of the GRN is kept attached with the file securely.
In case of invalid GRN, the staff would inform the party filing the same.
The copy of the GRN is retained with the file and a note of the same is given over the GRN and initials be made with the date.