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SC: Tendering of False Affidavit Can Amount to Contempt of Court(12.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that the tendering of affidavits and undertakings containing false statement would amount to contempt of court.
Tags : Supreme Court, Contempt of Court, False Affidavit
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Supreme Court Rules, High Courts Cannot Initiate Contempt Proceedings For Contempt of SC(03.01.2017)
Supreme Court, while quashing Delhi HC order finding Mid-Day Editor, Publisher and Cartoonist for Contempt of Court for publishing materials against f.....
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P&H HC: Implementing Party Cannot be Liable for Proceedings Under Contempt of Court(11.01.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that an implementing party could not be made liable for proceedings under the Contempt of Court Act, 1971 f.....
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Supreme Court Convicts Doctors For Aiding Ex-MLA in Frustrating Court’s Order(22.12.2016)
Supreme Court has convicted two doctors of a private hospital in Gurgaon for contempt of court for providing "medical asylum" to Ex-Haryana MLA who w.....
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SC: Lawyer Who Signs Petitions With Derogatory Remarks is Guilty of Contempt of Court(14.11.2022)
Supreme Court has issued notice to Petitioner and AOR on plea containing contemptuous remarks against High Court judgment, has stated that even a lawy.....
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Del. HC: Willful Disobedience Doesn’t Encompass Involuntarily or Negligent Actions(19.12.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that willful disobedience in case of Contempt of Court does not encompass involuntarily or negligent actions, has hel.....
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CRIMINAL - SC Awards 3-month Suspended Jail to Lawyer for Contempt of Court(28.03.2019)
Supreme Court has restrained a lawyer from practising in the top court for a year and handed him a suspended sentence of three months in jail, for con.....
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LCI 274th Report: Not Necessary to Make Any Amendment to Contempt of Court Act(19.04.2018)
Law Commission of India has submitted the 274th report titled “Review Of Contempt Of Court Act 1971 (Limited To S.2 Of The Act)” to the Ministry of La.....
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Supreme Court Stays Contempt Proceedings Against Karnataka’s State Officer(07.01.2022)
Supreme Court has stayed the contempt proceedings initiated against Karnataka’s Additional Chief Secretary for non-compliance with the High Court orde.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Contempt Of Court, Regularisation Of Daily Wage Workers
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Kar. HC Sends Advocate to Judicial Custody for Making Wild Allegations Against Judges(08.02.2023)
Karnataka High Court while passing order in a suo-motu contempt initiated in 2019, against advocate K S Anil has directed him to be taken into judicia.....
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Del. HC: Man Held Guilty of Contempt for Obtaining Permission to Cut Tree on Basis of Forged Docs.(11.04.2024)
Delhi HC has held a man guilty of contempt of court in a matter where the man obtained permission for felling of a tree on the basis of forged and fab.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Forged Documents, Judicial Order, Contempt of Court
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Delhi HC Sentences Lawyer to 6 Months Jail For Contempt of Court(17.03.2023)
Delhi High Court has sentenced a lawyer to six months of simple imprisonment after finding him guilty of contempt of court for not complying with the .....
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Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice to Former Judge Markandey Katju(14.11.2016)
Supreme Court has issued Contempt of Court Notice to Former Judge Markandey Katju for criticising Judges and not judgment in Soumya rape case.
Tags : Supreme Court, Contempt of Court notice, Markandey Katju, Soumya rape case
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Madhya Pradesh High Court: 'Slap, Say Sorry & Forget' Practice by Contemnors Not Accepted(28.07.2017)
Madhya Pradesh High Court, while sentencing a person accused of contempt to six months’ imprisonment, has observed that “slap, say sorry and forget” p.....
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Bombay High Court Junks Plea Challenging Vires of Contempt of Courts Act(18.05.2017)
Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition challenging constitutional validity of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, filed by Advocate Satish Uke who in Fe.....
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Delhi HC Awards Jail Term to Litigant for Irresponsible Allegations Against Government Counsel(04.09.2017)
Delhi High Court has awarded week-long imprisonment to a litigant, finding him guilty of criminal contempt of court for leveling baseless allegations .....
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J&K&L HC: J&K Special Tribunal Can Refer Contempt Matters to High Court(29.05.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that J&K Special Tribunal is deemed to be a court subordinate to High Court for purposes of Secti.....
Tags : J&K&L HC, J&K Special Tribunal, Contempt of Courts Act
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