Constitution of India, 1950, Article 226, 227, Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985, Section 17 -- Contempt - In exercise of its jurisdiction u/arts.226, 227 of Constitution, High Court would not take upon itself the task of imposing punishment itself or to direct the Tribunal to do so...........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 -- Contempt of Court - Proceedings for contempt of Court cannot be used for executing the decree/order of Courts/Tribunals...........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 -- Contempt Jurisdiction - Not to be exercised casually but only sparingly and in very deserving cases...........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 -- Proceedings under the Act - Is quasi-criminal in nature - Standard of proof required is that of criminal proceedings and violation should be established beyond reasonable doubt...........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 -- To bring the matter within the ambit of Contempt of Courts Act, the case should not rest only in surmises and conjectures and a clear case of obstruction of administration of justice by a party intentionally must be made out...........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 -- Contempt of Court - It would be hazardous to impose sentence for contempt, in exercise of contempt jurisdiction on mere probabilities...........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 -- Contempt of Court - Two equally consistent possibilities open to Court - It is not right to hold that offence of contempt is proved beyond reasonable doubt...........
Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985, Section 14, Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 2(b) -- Contempt case - Dismissal of - Validity of order passed by authorities, in compliance with order of Tribunal should not ordinarily be permitted to be questioned in contempt proceedings, as the merits of orders passed by authorities cannot be examined in contempt proceedings..........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 2, 12 -- Contempt of Court - When a serious allegation of violation of order of Court is made, it is duty and responsibility of Government functionaries who are parties to the legal proceedings against whom an interim order was passed and subsisting, to promptly refute the allegations made in such legal notice...........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 2, 12 -- Contempt of Court - Punishment - The acts calculated at overreaching or circumventing the orders passed by Courts are viewed with all seriousness they deserve and perpetrators of such acts are appropriately punished...........
