TIOL-DDT 2697 · Monday, 5 October 2015 · story 3 of 9

Supreme Court Imposes Cost of 5 lacs for withdrawing appeal

A PSU filed an appeal in the Supreme Court with more than 800 pages in the appeal book. After the judges have read those 800 pages, the PSU wanted to withdraw the appeal. The Supreme Court on 1 st October 2015 imposed a cost of Rs.5 Lakhs on the appellant in view of the judicial time expended.