Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 450 · Decided 4 July 2011
Rameshwari Devi & ORS. v. Nirmala Devi & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 450 · [2011] 8 S.C.R. 992
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4912/2011
- Decided
- 4 July 2011
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, DEEPAK VERMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
Administration of justice - Civil litigation - Delay in disposal of civil cases/Uncalled for and frivolous litigation - C Curbing of - Held: Steps to be taken by trial courts while dealing with criminal trials - Stated. Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Actual or realistic costs - Determination of - are to be taken into consideration and courts have to be realistic to what the defendants or the respondents had to actually incur in contesting the litigation before different courts - Prevalent fee structure of the lawyers and other miscellaneous expenses are to be taken into E consideration
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