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Contempt of Courts, 1971, S.2(b)–Civi! Contempt-Apology is one of the defences in the cases of a civil contempt and the court is bound to explain as to why the apology should not be accepted.

Mar 30, 2018 sclaw

(2017) 178 AIC 116 : (2017) AIR(SCW) 3607 : (2017) 4 AIRJharR 420 : (2017) AIR(SC) 3607 : (2017) 3 ApexCourtJudgments(SC) 220 : (2017) 5 BCR 382 : (2017)…

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Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, S.2–Tampering of Court file-Allegation that appellant with collusion with court staff tampered the documents-As per C8I inquiry, as directed by High Court no evidence even circumstantial was found

Mar 28, 2018 sclaw

(2017) 179 AIC 159 : (2017) ALLMR(Cri) 3535 : (2017) 3 LawHerald(SC) 2434 : (2017) 5 RCR(Criminal) 800 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M.D. JAIN — Appellant Vs. BHAGYAVATHI — Respondent ( Before…

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Contempt of Courts, 1981, S.10–Proving of innocence–ln contempt proceedings, the contemnor has to be given an opportunity to establish his innocence

Mar 8, 2018 sclaw

(2017) 178 AIC 141 : (2017) ALLMR(Cri) 3542 : (2017) 2 LawHerald(SC) 1699 : (2017) 8 Scale 385 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH RAJIV DAWAR — Appellant Vs. HIGH COURT OF DELHI —…

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Contempt–In case there is non compliance of orders of Supreme Court, Supreme Court will take very serious view of the matter and pass appropriate orders.

Jan 5, 2018 sclaw

2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 520 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarun Chatterjee The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dalveer Bhandari Contempt Petition (Civil) 222 of 2006…

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Contempt —False Allegations on Registry of court—Amounts to contempt of court. Contempt—The contempt jurisdiction is not only to protect the reputation of the concerned Judge, but also to protect “the fair name of the judiciary”.

Oct 25, 2017 sclaw

2017(3) Law Herald (SC) 1778 : 2017 LawHerald.Org 1270 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before Hon’bie Mr. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud Hon’bie Mr.…

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Contempt–When an undertaking has been recorded in accordance with law, a contempt proceeding would be maintainable.

Aug 29, 2017 sclaw

2007(5) LAW HERALD (SC) 3689 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harjit Singh Bedi Contempt Petition (civil) 289…

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Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, S.12–Willful Disobedience-Court has to grant an opportunity to the appellant to file his reply and on the reply being filed, the appellant may be heard and only thereafter, the Court may form an opinion as to whether the Court should proceed or not against the appellant for Contempt of

Aug 5, 2017 sclaw

2017(1) Law Herald (SC) 336 : 2017 LawHerald.Org 593 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph The Hon’ble Mr. Justice A. M. Khanwilkar Civil…

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Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 – Section 2 – Right to criticise judgment of Court – Cannot be exercised with malice – Attempting to impair administration of justice in view of importance of resettlement and rehabilitation of PAF

Jul 27, 2017 sclaw

AIR 1999 SC 3345 : (1999) 8 JT 354 : (1999) 6 SCALE 574 : (1999) 8 SCC 308 : (1999) 4 SCR 5 Supp : (2000) 1 UJ…

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Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, S.20–Limitation–Suo Motu initiation of Contempt proceedings can be taken within the year only of alleged contempt.

Jun 16, 2017 sclaw

2016(5) Law Herald (P&H) 4005 (SC) : 2016 LawHerald.Org 1781 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman…

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Contempt—Willful disobedience—If a person has been asked to something which is impossible and if he fails to do so, he cannot be held guilty of contempt.

Jun 1, 2017 sclaw

2016(5) Law Herald (P&H) 3751 (SC) : 2016 LawHerald.Org 2356 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Anil R. Dave The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh…

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C P C

A plaint cannot be rejected under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC where triable issues of title and validity of sale deeds based on revoked authority and unregistered documents exist, or where multiple causes of action allow for survival of other reliefs.

Jun 1, 2025 sclaw

State Laws

Nagaland Village and Area Councils Act, 1978 — Section 3 — Recognition of villages — State’s duty to consider objections fairly — Failure appears to have occurred in present case — Objections by appellant regarding ancestral land ownership not adequately considered by State authorities before recommending recognition — Court cannot definitively decide complex factual disputes regarding land ownership and customary practices — Appropriate for State authorities to resolve such issues.

Jun 1, 2025 sclaw

I P C SC/ST

Lack of prima facie material to substantiate allegations of cheating, sexual intercourse under false promise of marriage or caste-based exploitation — Allowing prosecution would be abuse of process.

Jun 1, 2025 sclaw

Maintenance

Permanent Alimony — Basis for determination — Considerations include husband’s income, past earnings, financial disclosures, wife’s financial needs, standard of living during marriage, inflation, and wife’s continued reliance on maintenance.

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