CHAPTER VII Miscellaneous

Section 36: Court Fees

The Jammu and Kashmir (Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012 (repealed)

Repealed in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir from 15 February 2026 by section 47(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025 (Act No. IV of 2025), which reads "The Jammu and Kashmir Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012 which is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, is hereby repealed", with pending cases saved by section 47(2).

How current this text is

Text as adapted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020 (S.O. 1229(E), 31 March 2020), as published by India Code for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Kept for reference only: the Act was repealed from 15 February 2026 by the Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025, and applies now only to cases pending at that date under section 47(2) of that Act.

(1) The provisions of ¹[the Court Fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870)] shall apply in respect of applications and appeals to be presented before the Rent Controller and Appellate Rent Tribunal.

(2) The applications for recovery of possession made to the Rent Controller or Appellate Rent Tribunal and the memorandum of appeals presented before the Rent Controller or Appellate Rent Tribunal shall be treated as suits between the landlord and the tenant for the purposes of computation of court fees.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Substituted for “the Jammu and Kashmir Court Fees Act, Samvat 1977” by S.O. 1229(E) dated 31.03.2020.