Supreme Court of India

Rameshwari Devi & Ors. v. Nirmala Devi & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 8 S.C.R. 992

Bench Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma JJ.

Decided 4 July 2011

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with this case we would like to record our deep appreciation for extremely valuable assistance provided by the learned amicus curiae.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

Administration of justice - Civil litigation - Delay in disposal of civil cases/Uncalled for and frivolous litigation - 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 - Held: Pragmatic realities 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

Authorities it was built on

2008 Mahila Vinod Kumari v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2016 Messer Holdings Ltd. v. Shyam Madanmohan Ruia & Others relied on
2012 V. Chandrasekaran & Anr. v. The Administrative Officer & Ors. relied on
2012 A. Shanmugam v. Ariya Kshatriya Rajakula Vamsathu Madalaya Nandhavana Paripalanai Sangam Represented by its President Etc. relied on
2021 Sri Lankappa & Ors. v. Karnataka Industrial Corporation & Ors. referred to
2019 All India Institute of Medical Sciences v. Sanjiv Chaturvedi & Ors. referred to
2013 Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. Patiala & Ors. v. Atma Singh Grewal referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to

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