Supreme Court of India

Hargovind Dayal Srivastava & Anr v. G. N. Verma & Ors.

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Reported as [1977] 2 S.C.R. 601
Bench A. N. Ray, M. H. Beg and P. S. Kailasam JJ.
Decided 12 January 1977

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Contempt of Courts Act 1971-Criminal contempt-Duty of members of the bar to protect dignity and decorum of judiciary. The appellant No. 1 is the President of the Oudh Bar and appellant No. 2 is the Chairman of Action Committee of the Oudh Bar Association. They met and passed a Resolution that the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court was acting in a most partisan manner under the influence of the Allahabad Bar and that it was unbecoming of the office which he holds. The High Court issued notices for contempt, inter alia, to the appellants. The High Court discharged the notices but made

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