The correct answer is (d) Any amount.
Section 35(c) of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 states that “the court may, in any suit or proceeding, make such order as it thinks fit as to the costs of the suit or proceeding, including the costs of any application under this section, and as to the payment of any such costs by any party to the suit or proceeding.”
This means that the court has the power to order any party to pay costs, including the costs of a false or vexatious claim or defence. The amount of costs that the court may order is not limited, and can be any amount that the court considers appropriate.
The options (a), (b), and (c) are all incorrect because they specify a maximum amount of costs that the court may order. However, as explained above, the court has the power to order any amount of costs, and is not limited to the amounts specified in the options.