https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=124340 In civil litigation governed by the Code of Civil Procedure, costs remain subject to the statutory scheme in Sections 35 and 35A, so inherent power cannot be used to impose costs beyond those limits. Compensatory costs for vexatious claims and defences are capped under the Code, and the practice of very high costs developed in writ or public law matters cannot be mechanically applied to ordinary civil proceedings. Costs are ordinarily meant to recompense the successful litigant, and directions making them payable to legal services bodies or other non-party organisations should not be routine and must match the court's stated recipient. en-us Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:44:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=124340 In civil litigation governed by the Code of Civil Procedure, costs remain subject to the statutory scheme in Sections 35 and 35A, so inherent power cannot be used to impose costs beyond those limits. Compensatory costs for vexatious claims and defences are capped under the Code, and the practice of very high costs developed in writ or public law matters cannot be mechanically applied to ordinary civil proceedings. Costs are ordinarily meant to recompense the successful litigant, and directions making them payable to legal services bodies or other non-party organisations should not be routine and must match the court's stated recipient. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=124340