Reviewed case brief

Sanjeev Kumar Jain v. Raghubir Saran Charitable Trust

(2012) 1 SCC 455

## Summary

CPCcompensatory-costssection-35Afalse-claimknowledge-of-falsity
Court
Supreme Court of India
Year
2012
Subjects
Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation
Reviewed
2026-06-29

Rule established

Compensatory costs under Section 35A CPC are available only where a claim or defence is proved to be false and the party knew it was false at the time of making it. Mere failure of a claim is not enough to attract compensatory costs.

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      Held

        Ratio decidendi

        How to use it in an exam

        Editorial source

        (2012) 1 SCC 455; verified via standard CPC references

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