contempt of court

A major setback came in the way of Noida CEO Ritu Maheshwari who was denied any relief by Supreme Court in case of arrest warrant issued Allahabad Court.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed the sentence hearing in a contempt case against fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya on January 18. India has been trying to extradite the Kingfisher boss from the United Kingdom for the last few years.

A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a contempt application filed by Harendra Nath Tripathi sought a report from the District Magistrate, Ballia on the action taken against officials guilty of irregularities in the allocation of contracts in the CMO office.

The Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court has started contempt proceedings against a lawyer, who called the judges goondas.

Supreme Court directed the Registry to list the plea before an appropriate bench against three persons accused of levelling serious allegations against Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice Vineet Saran over their order sentencing Advocate Mathews Nedumpara guilty of Contempt of Court

Attorney General of India K.K. Venugopal has refused to give go ahead for initiation of contempt proceeding against former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi for his recent comments against judiciary

The Court drew a distinction, however, saying contempt provisions come into being only when the media trials are on cases that are in court.

the bench said that it is often seen that officers do not follow the order in the first place. They force people to file contempt Petitions. Even on contempt Petition, orders are not followed even after being given the opportunity to follow.

The Supreme Court on Friday will issue an order in the pleas filed seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the comic cartoonist for her tweets against the Apex Court.

The Division Bench of Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya was hearing a petition filed by Biswanath Chowdhury alleging that a law college was established in another educational institute in contravention of Bar Council of India norms.