SAMSONS GROUP OF COMPANIES vs PANTHER DEVELOPERS S — 2022 CLD 932 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2022 CLD 932 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: CLD
Parties: SAMSONS GROUP OF COMPANIES vs PANTHER DEVELOPERS S
Subject matter: Civil
Provisions referred to: S. 35; Litigation Act (XVII of 2017)

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Judgment text as reported

SAMSONS GROUP OF COMPANIES VS PANTHER DEVELOPERS S. 35 [as amended by Cost of Litigation Act (XVII of 2017)]---Cost of litigation, imposing of---Principle---National justice delivery system, funded by taxpayer's money, with resources stretched to their limits, is not meant to be a playfield for litigants to raise knowingly and willfully all manner of false or frivolous pleas squeezing out time and resources available to Courts to deal with genuine pleas that, though they might not be endorsed by the Court in the end, do raise a triable issue of fact or law raised in good faith---For such triable pleas, only costs under S. 35(i), C.P.C. may be awarded---For pleas that are false, frivolous or vexatious to the knowledge of a party or its counsel, costs under S. 35(iii), C.P.C. are justified.

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