Supreme Court of India

Sukhdev Singh Sodhi v. The Chief Justice and Judges of the Pepsu High Court

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Reported as [1954] 1 S.C.R. 454
Bench Mukherjea, Vivian Bose and Bhagwati JJ.
Decided 25 November 1953

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Contempt of court-Contempt of Judges of High Court-Power of S1'preme Court to transfer proceedings to another High Court- Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, ss. 1(2), 527-Constitution of India, • art. 215-Contempt of Courts Act, 1952, s. 3. The Supreme Court bas no power under section 527 of the Criminal Procedure Code or under any other provision of law to transfer from a High Court, proceedings which that High Court has initiated for contempt of itself, to another High Court. Section 527 of the Criminal Procedrire Code does not apply to such a oase as the power of a High Court to institute

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