contempt of court

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.

Advocate Sunil Kumar Singh has made note of Bhushan’s tweet that read “The independence of the judiciary has collapsed: Prashant Bhushan”: This is the full interview online,” along with his half photograph peeping out of the picture frame.

It is well settled that a citizen while exercising right under Article 19(1) is entitled to make a fair criticism of a judge, judiciary and its functioning. However, the right under Article 19(1) is subject to restriction under clause (2) of Article 19.

The Supreme Court today dismissed fugitive Indian liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya’s review petition against a May 2017 judgment of the apex court. That order had held him guilty of contempt of court for violating its orders and those of the Karnataka High Court.

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Arun Mishra, B.R. Gavai, Krishna Murari today heard arguments, especially by Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave for advocate Prashant Bhushan, and later gave Bhushan two days to reconsider his statement.