(1) Where, in any suit in which an arrest or attachment has been effected or a temporary injunction granted under the last preceding section,-
(a) it appears to the Court that such arrest, attachment or injunction was
applied for on
insufficient grounds, or
(b) the suit of the plaintiff fails and it appears to the Court that there was no reasonable or
probable grounds for instituting the same, the defendant may apply to the Court, and the Court may, upon such application, award against the plaintiff by its order such amount not exceeding fifty thousand rupees, as it deems a reasonable compensation to the defendant for the expense or injury including injury to reputation caused to him:
Provided that a Court shall not award, under this section, an amount exceeding the limits of its pecuniary jurisdiction.
(2) An order determining any such application shall bar any suit for compensation in respect of such arrest, attachment or injunction.
86 CPC Suits against foreign Rulers, Ambassadors and Envoys
87 CPC Style of foreign Rulers as parties to suits
87A CPC Definitions of Foreign State and Rulers
87B CPC Applications of sections 85 and 86 to Rulers of former Indian States
88 CPC Where inter pleader-suit may be instituted
89 CPC Settlement of disputes outside the Court
90 CPC Power to state case for opinion of Court
91 CPC Public nuisances and other wrongful acts affecting the public
93 CPC Exercise of powers of Advocate-General outside presidency-towns
94 CPC Supplemental proceedings
95 CPC Compensation for obtaining arrest, attachment or injunction on insufficient grounds