Contempt Of Court

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Contempt Of Court

Mohammed Hanish v. Kadakampally Manoj - Kerala HC Act- Contempt - Appeal Before Division Bench

Kerala High Court Act, 1958 - Section 5 ; Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 - Section 19 - Appeal against an interlocutory order of a Single Judge of the Kerala High Court in contempt proceedings, where the High Court had only found a prima facie case of civil contempt and summoned

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Yatin Narendra Oza v. Suo Motu, High Court of Gujarat 2026 INSC 470 - Contempt

Contempt of Court - The Supreme Court upheld the Gujarat High Court’s finding that senior advocate and Bar Association President Yatin Oza committed criminal contempt by his press conference remarks (including calling the High Court a “gambling den”), holding that such statements scandalised the court and undermined public confidence

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Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu v. S. Raja 2026 INSC 407 - Contempt of Court - Limitation

The limitation for initiation of contempt proceedings would ordinarily be one year from the date of commission of the contempt.

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Nilesh C. Ojha v. High Court of Judicature at Bombay 2026 INSC 390 - Contempt - Unfounded Allegations Against Judges

Any unfounded or intemperate allegations impugning the integrity, motives, or impartiality of the judiciary, whether directed against the institution or an individual Judge, assume serious significance.

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Israr Ahmad Khan v. Amarnath Prasad  2026 INSC 209 - Contempt - Third Parties - Belated Filing Of Appeals

Read Judgment In LawLens Contempt of Court -How third-parties/non-parties to the original proceedings can also be proceeded against for contempt? A party, once becomes or is made aware of an Order of this Court, if yet acts in wilful default or deliberate non-compliance or any such like conduct against/

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Dharmendra Sharma v. M. Arunmozhi 2026 INSC 10 - Contempt

💡This judgment does not discuss any legal aspectsDharmendra Sharma v. M. Arunmozhi 2026 INSC 10 - ContemptDharmendra Sharma v. M. Arunmozhi 2026 INSC 10 - Contempt.pdf345 KBdownload-circle Case Info Dharmendra Sharma v. M. Arunmozhi & Anr.; 2026 INSC 10. Key details * Case name: Dharmendra Sharma v. M. Arunmozhi &

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Vineeta Srinandan vs High Court Of Judicature At Bombay ; 2025 INSC 1408 - Contempt of Courts - Ratio Decidendi

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Bhaskar Govind Gavate (D) v. State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 1379 - Contempt of Court

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In Re: N. Peddi Raju 2025 INSC 1321 - Contempt of Court - Pleadings - Allegations Against Judges

Contempt of Court - Growing trend of lawyers making scurrilous and scandalous allegations against the Judge(s), in the pleadings, when they do not get favourable orders - Such a practice has to be strongly deprecated -The lawyers before subscribing their autographs to a pleading making scurrilous and scandalous allegations

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Ashish Wakhlu vs Soniya Nityanand 2025 INSC 1290 - Release - Interim Order Operative

Contempt - Interim Order - HC dismissed contempt application - Allowing appeal and , SC observed: Once an interim order was in operation from 20th December 2018 and was being extended from time to time, the mere release of the matter on 6th February 2019 could not have constituted a valid

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A.K. Jayaprakash (D) v. S.S. Mallikarjuna Rao 2025 INSC 1003 - Contempt Of Court

"Contempt jurisdiction is intended to uphold the majesty of law and not to settle personal grievances"

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In Re: N. Peddi Raju 2025 INSC 989 - S. 406 CrPC - Judiciary - Advocates - Contempt

Note Sign in to read our notes on this judgment. Register @ citecase.in to subscribe ! Read Judgment Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 406 - Merely on the basis that a petition involves a political figure in a State cannot constitute a ground to transfer the proceedings from the

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Ritu Maheshwari vs Ramesh Chandra Nagar 2025 INSC 940 - Contempt Of Court

Contempt of Court - While setting aside the contempt proceedings, SC observed: The directions issued in order had been complied with. If the respondents were aggrieved by the reasoning given by the appellant, then, at the most, it could have given rise to fresh cause of action for challenging the

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N. Peddi Raju vs Anumula Revanth Reddy - Contempt Of Court

Contempt of Court - Scurrilous and scandalous allegations made against a sitting Judge of the Telangana High Court in pleadings in Transfer Petition- It is not only a litigant who makes such allegations, but also the lawyer who subscribes his signatures to such pleadings is equally guilty of committing contempt

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In Re: Contempt Against Upendra Nath Dalai - Constitutional Power To Punish For Contempt

In Re- Contempt Against Upendra Nath Dalai - Constitutional Power To Punish For ContemptIn Re- Contempt Against Upendra Nath Dalai - Constitutional Power To Punish For Contempt.pdf189 KBdownload-circle note We make notes on all Supreme Court judgments for our subscribers’ community consisting of judges, lawyers and students of law

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Nandini Sundar vs State Of Chattisgarh - Contempt Of Court - Legislation

💡Can a law made by the Parliament or a State legislature be held to be an act of Contempt of Court if it violates Court Order? Contempt of Court - Legislation -The promulgation simpliciter of an enactment is only an expression of the legislative function and cannot be said to

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Chaduranga Kantharaj Urs vs S.V. Ranganath 2025 INSC 762 - Contempt of Court

Contempt of Court - In contempt proceedings, the court is sitting in a limited jurisdiction viz., to examine as to whether order passed by it has been complied or not and would not act as an appellate court and re-examine the correctness or otherwise of the orders passed. (Para 12)

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Bindu Kapurea vs Subhashish Panda 2025 INSC 784- Contempt Of Court

Constitution of India - Article 129 - Supreme Court, being a court of record, is vested with inherent powers to punish contempt-These broad- ranging powers are not merely procedural but are central to preserving the dignity, authority, and effective functioning of the judiciary. In fact, the contempt powers are integral

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Tata Mohan Rao vs S. Venkateswarlu 2025 INSC 678 - Contempt of Court

Contempt of Court - When a Constitutional Court or for that matter, any court issues any direction, every person or authority regardless of rank, is duty bound to respect and comply with that order. Disobedience of the orders passed by the court attacks the very foundation of the rule of

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Wikimedia Foundation Inc. vs ANI Media Private Limited 2025 INSC 656 - Judiciary and media - Subjudice principle

Judiciary and media - Subjudice principle - judicial attitude to the subjudice principle or interference in court proceedings or contempt of court discussed - Courts, as a public and open institution, must always remain open to public observations, debates and criticisms. Infact, courts should welcome debates and constructive criticism. Every

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Vishal Tiwari vs Union Of India 2025 INSC 647 - Judiciary - Contempt -Judicial Review - Hate Speech

Constitution of India - Article 32,226 - Each branch of the State in a democracy, be it the legislature, executive or the judiciary, especially in a constitutional democracy, acts within the framework of the Constitution. It is the Constitution that is higher than all of us. It is the

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Shanmugam @ Lakshminarayanan vs High Court Of Madras 2025 INSC 619 - Contempt - Create Fake Court Orders - Limitation

Contempt of Courts Act 1971- Creating fake orders of the Court is one of the most dreaded acts of contempt of court. It not only thwarts the administration of justice, but it has inbuilt intention by committing forgery of record. (Para 16) The sole object of the Court wielding its

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Chithra Woods Manors Welfare Association vs Shaji Augustine 2025 INSC 567 -Contempt of Court

Contempt of Courts Act 1971- A party, misguiding the Court to pass an order which was never intended to be complied with, would constitute an act of overawing the due process of law and, thus, commit contempt of Court- Any person who misuses the process of the Court with ulterior

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Rajan Chadha vs Sanjay Arora 2025 INSC 546 - Contempt of Court

Contempt of Courts Act - When one Judge of the same Court has taken a particular view holding the Respondent to be guilty of contempt, another Judge could not have come to a finding that the Respondent was not guilty of contempt. (Para 19) 2025 INSC 546 Rajan Chadha vs

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Ramesh Kumaran vs State 2025 INSC 405 - Contempt Of Court - Suicide Threat

Contempt of Court -Lawyer threatened that if Court quashes the FIR registered against the respondent, he would commit suicide- SC observed: This conduct amounts to interference with the administration of justice. It is contemptuous and unbecoming of a member of the Bar. (Para 11) Practice and Procedure -There are cases