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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Order XXXV: Interpleader

Order XXXV Rule 6 CPC: Charge for plaintiff's costs

Bare Act text

6. Charge for plaintiff’s costs.—Where the suit is properly instituted the Court may provide for the costs of the original plaintiff by giving him a charge on the thing claimed or in some other effectual way.

Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), First Schedule, as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

Where an interpleader suit has been properly instituted, the Court may provide for the original plaintiff's costs. It may do so by giving him a charge on the thing claimed or in some other effectual way.

Order XXXV: Interpleader

  1. 1 Plaint in interpleader-suit
  2. 2 Payment of thing claimed into Court
  3. 3 Procedure where defendant is suing plaintiff
  4. 4 Procedure at first hearing
  5. 5 Agents and tenants may not institute interpleader-suits
  6. 6 Charge for plaintiff's costs
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