240Th Report On Costs In Civil Litigation
In Ali Jawad Ameerhanan Rizvi vs. Indo-French Biotech Enterprises
Ltd. & Ors. (2000) 9 SCC 373, in a proceeding challenging an order of
the High Court whereby the High Court imposed a cost of Rs. 1 lakh
while dismissing the writ petition, the Court noticed that on the findings
arrived at by the High Court, there cannot be any doubt that the Court was
justified in awarding the cost, but, however, reduced the same from Rs. 1
lakh to Rs. 50,000/- while maintaining the order of the High Court that
the same shall be paid to the National Association for the Blind, who was
not a party to the proceedings, a practice adversely commented upon in
(2009) 2 SCC 656 (supra).