If the court finds that any suit, proceeding or application instituted or made before it is not instituted, or made, bona fide or is false, frivolous or vexatious, the court may, after hearing the plaintiff or applicant and for reasons to be recorded, order that compensation, not exceeding two thousand rupees, be paid by such plaintiff or applicant to the defendant or opponent, as the case may be.
CHAPTER VII PROVISIONS REGARDING JURISDICTION OF COURTS, SUITS, APPEALS, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Section 36: Compensation in respect of proceedings which are not bona fide or are false, frivolous or vexatious
The Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999
How current this text is
Text as published by India Code for the Government of Maharashtra, as on 7 March 2025; its footnotes record later changes to other Acts it cites, the latest being Mah. 24 of 2012.
A Maharashtra Rent Control (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (L. A. Bill No. LXXXII of 2025) was introduced in 2025; as of October 2026 no official record shows it passed or published as an Act, so it is not reflected in this text.