Supreme Court of India

Bathina Ramakrishna Reddy v. The State of Madras.

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Reported as [1952] 1 S.C.R. 425
Decided 14 February 1952

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Contempt of Courts Act (XII of 1926), s. 2(3)-lndian Penal Code (XLV of 1860), s. 499-Contempt of subordinate Court-/uris­ diction of High Court to take cognisance-Contempt punishable as defamation under Penal Code-Whether iurisdiction ousted-Scope and object of Contempt of Courts Act. Sub-sec. (3) of section 2 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1926, excludes the jurisdiction of the High Court to take cognisance of a contempt alleged to have been committed in respect of a Court subordinate to it only in cases where the acts alleged to consti- tute contempt are punishable as contempt under

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