PAYMENT OF INTEREST & COST
- Sec. 34 of the Code of Civil Procedure makes provision for payment of interest:
a) In any decree
b) In a money decree only
c) In a money decree passed by the High Court only
d) In a money decree passed by the Supreme Court only - Under Sec. 34 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the court can award interest from the date of decree in the date of payment or such earlier date as the court thinks fit. The rate of such interest shall not exceed _ percent per annum.
a) Six percent
b) Nine percent
c) Ten percent
d) Twelve percent - Interest pendente lite means
a) Interest prior to suit
b) Interest from the date of suit to the date of decree
c) Interest from the date of decree to the date of interest - None of the above Under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the provision for compensatory costs in respect of false or vexatious claims or defences, has been made under
a) Section 34 of the Code
b) Section 35 of the Code
c) Section 35(A) of the Code
d) Section 35(B) of the Code - Cost can be imposed in a
a) Suit
b) Suit as well as execution proceeding
c) Against a person who is not a party to the suit
d) All of the above - In which of the following cases the court can order as to costs
a) Costs incurred in pleadings
b) Costs incurred on summoning of witnesses
c) Costs incurred on a legal notice before the institution of a suit
d) All of the above - Section 35(B) of the Code of Civil Procedure is added by the Amendment Act of 1976 for providing
a) General costs
b) Compensatory costs
c) Costs for causing delay
d) None of the above - What is the maximum amount of compensatory costs that can be awarded under section 35A(2) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908?
a) Rs. 1500
b) Rs. 2000
c) Rs. 2500
d) Rs. 3000 - Under Section 35A of the Code of Civil Procedure compensatory costs can be imposed
a) If the claim is false or vexatious and subsequently disallowed or withdrawn
b) If the objection to the false or vexatious Claim or defence has been taken by the party at the earliest opportunity
c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
d) None of the above - Under the Code of Civil Procedure, the court has discretion in
a) Rate of interest
b) Granting interest
c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
d) Both (a) and (b) are incorrect
ANSWER 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (C)