Supreme Court of India

D.N. Taneja v. Bhajan Lal

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Reported as [1988] 3 S.C.R. 888
Bench R.S. Pathak, M.M. Dutt and M.H. Kania JJ.
Decided 4 May 1988

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid, there is substance in the preliminary f­ objection raised as to the maintainability of the appeal.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971-Section 19( 1)-Interpretation of-When can High Court be said to exercise its jurisdiction to punish for its contempt--High Court exercises this jurisdiction only when it imposes punishment for contempt-If no punishment is imposed on contemnor, no jurisdiction to punish for contempt is exercised. Contempt of Courts Act, 1971-Section 19( 1)-Interpretation of-The right of appeal is only of the contemnor and not of the person who alleges that the contemnor had committed contempt of the Court­ Remedy of the person alleging contempt lies under Article 136 of the

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