law: Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 
  36. Compensation in respect of proceedings
  
  which are not bona fide or are false, frivolous or vexatious. 
  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.