The Uttar Pradesh Code on Social Security Rules, 2026
Rule 46. Costs, Decree etc
Official text
(1) Costs-(i) the costs of and incidental to the application shall be in the discretion of the Court, and the Court shall have full power to determine by whom or out of which property and to what extent such costs are to be paid, and to give all necessary direction for the purposes aforesaid. The fact that the Court has no jurisdiction to try the case shall be no bar to the exercise of such powers;
(ii) where the Court directs that any cost shall not follow the event, the Court shall State its reasons in writing.
(2) Contents of the decree-
(i) a decree in Form-IX shall be prepared in conformity with the order made by the Court it shall contain the number of the application, the names and descriptions of the parties, and particulars of the claim, and shall specify clearly the relief granted or other determination of the proceeding;
(ii) the decree shall also State the amount of costs incurred in the proceeding and by whom and in what proportion such costs are to be paid;
(iii) the Court may direct that the cost payable to one party by the other shall be set off against any sum which is admitted or found to be due from the former to the later.
(3) Certified copies of order, decree etc. to be furnished -
(i) certified copies of the final order, decree or any other order or matter on record shall be furnished to the parties on application to the Court and at their expenses on payment of fee of two rupees for each such page;
(ii) if any party requires copies of any order, decree or any other matter on record made by or furnished to the Court, as the case may be, to be supplied to him within forty-eight hours of the submission of an application thereof to the Court, he shall pay an additional fee of two rupees for each such page;
(iii) if any party applies for copies of any order, decree or any other matter on record made by or furnished to the court, as the case may be, after the expiry of twelve months from the date of such making or furnishing as the case may be, he shall pay an additional searching fee of two rupees per page.