Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 12 -- Contempt of Court - Recall of judgment holding contemnors guilty - Three identical recall applications were filed by three contemnors and in all applications correctness of judgment is questioned on many grounds - No recall application can lie on these grounds and proper remedy for contemnors is to file a review petition if so..........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 12 -- Contempt of Court - Scurrilous and scandalous allegations levelled against judges of Supreme Court - There is not an iota of remorse or any semblance of apology on behalf of contemnors - All the three contemnors thus, sentenced to undergo S.I for period of 3 months each with a fine of Rs.2000, in default of fine each of..........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 15(1) -- Criminal contempt - Suo motu contempt proceedings - Scandalous allegations have been made against members of Bench by contemnors in their complaints - Court on the basis of information itself took suo motu notice of contempt and matter was then placed before Chief Justice for listing it before appropriate Bench - Matter is..........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 15(1) -- Criminal contempt - Suo motu contempt proceedings - If an article, letter or any writing or even something visual circulating in electronic, print or social media or in any other forum is brought to notice of any judge of SC, which prima facie shows allegation in contemptuous or scandalizes, Court then that Judge can..........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 15(1) -- Criminal contempt - Suo motu contempt proceedings - Plea of freedom to criticize judgment of Courts - Scandalous allegations have been made against members of Bench by contemnors in their complaints - Both the complaints are ex facie contemptuous - Complaint filed by one contemnor was in connivance and at behest of other..........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 15(1) -- Criminal contempt - Suo motu contempt proceedings - Plea of truth as a defence - Truth as a defence is available to any person charged with contempt of Court - However, contemnors other than saying that judges had misinterpreted judgments of Court or had ignored them or that justice was biased, there is no material placed on..........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 12 -- Contempt of Court - Non-compliance of Order of Supreme Court - Memorandum of Settlement (MOS) executed between parties - All parties to MOS were bound to fulfill their respective obligations, as per order of SC - Respondent willfully not fulfilled their obligations which they were required to fulfill under MOS, as such they have..........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 12 -- Contempt of Court - Disobedience of order of Court - In order to ensure presence of parties in contempt proceedings, Court is empowered to pass appropriate orders including surrender of passport...........
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 12 -- Contempt of Court - Disobedience of order of Court - Direction to surrender passport - Respondent filed repeated undertakings before Court but was not complying with the same - Single Judge directed respondent to deposit his passport in Court - Purpose of directing respondent to surrender his passport was only to ensure his..........
Strike to boycott of Courts on all Saturdays -- Advocates every month on 3-4 Saturdays are on strike and abstain from working on one pretext or other - Boycotting Courts on every Saturday in entire District is not justifiable at all and as such it tantamount to contempt of Courts - Direction issued to all District Concerned and District Bar Associations to comply with..........
