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M. Y. Shareef and Another v. The Honble Judges of the High Court of Nagpur and Others

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Reported as [1955] 1 S.C.R. 757
Bench Mehr Chand Mahajan J.
Decided 15 October 1954

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We are of the opinion that the unqualified apology was sufficient to purge the contempt committed by the two appellants as we have reached the conclu­ sion contrary to that arrived at by the High Court that the plea of justification in this case did not amount to contumacy.

Judgment, page 12

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