Order 31 — Needless Detention of Chattels and Reparation for It
Rule 1 Damages for needless detention, etc.
Where a Court on an application of a party, makes an order to hold to bail, of sale, of injunction, of attachment or any warrant to stop the clearance of, or to arrest any chattel upon any condition and:
(a) it later appears to the Court that an order made by it was applied for on insufficient grounds; or
(b) the suit in which the application was made is struck out or dismissed or Judgment is given against the applicant by default or otherwise and it appears to the Court that there was no probable ground for instituting such a suit, the Court may on application of the defendant made at any time before the expiration of 3 months from the termination of the suit, award the defendant an amount of compensation not more than what could be awarded for damages in any suit.