In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
To impose costs on one of the parties at the end of a...............litigation is common; it is meant, among other things, to act as a...............against litigants abusing the process and the system of the law. But to seek pre-deposits with a view to prioritising a certain kind of case over another, by ………………….early dates of hearing to those that are capable of paying huge...............of money, is simply staggering. It reinforces a scheme of classism that ought to have no place in any court of law, let...............the apex court of the land.Explanation: