A Delhi court today slapped a cost of 15 lakh rupees on Congress MP Mohd Azharuddin for showing utter disdain to the court by not appearing before it in a cheque bounce case and wasting court's time.Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid imposed the cost after being informed that Azharuddin had amicably arrived at an out-of-court settlement. Earlier, the Meropolitan Magistrate hadissued non-bailable warrants against the cricketer-turned-politician for his failure to appear before him in the case. Taking strict view on the conduct of Azharuddin, the court said if settlement had to be done, it could have been done onthe first date itself.