GPARASMALL Vs. M PJAYALAKSHMMA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The first respondent filed O. S. No. 54 of 1954 on the file of the Court of the District Judge, Bangalore, in which the petitioner as the third defendant was the principal contesting defendant. The suit was decided in favour of the plaintiff on 31-8-1956. The judgment concluded with the following terms regarding costs:

(2.) The suit was one filed in forma pauperis. The Court-fee payable on the plaint was Rs. 1312-7-0. The other costs actually incurred by the plaintiff amounted to only Rs. 17-3-0. Pleader's fee was not included in the costs, because, no certificate appears to have been filed by the pleader certifying the receipt of fees from his client.

(3.) The decree as drafted contained the following terms reading the costs :