Supreme Court of India

Satyabrata Biswas and Ors v. Kalyan Kumar Kisku and Ors.

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Reported as [1994] 1 S.C.R. 413
Bench S. Mohan J.
Decided 27 January 1994

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For the foregoing reasons, the Civil Appeal is allowed with costs which shall be borne equally by respondents 1 and 2 in this appeal.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Contempt of Court Act, 1971: Power of Courts proceeding against con­ tempt-To confine to the precincts of contempt jurisdiction-Not to consider alien issues. Practice & Procedure: Oral mention in Court by a party not impleaded, itself in the proceedings-Court ordering on such oral application-Amounts to putting aside the law of procedure-Hence deprecated. Words & Phrases: Status quo-Meaning of. 'Maxim' 'Actus curiae Neminem Gravabit'-Applicability of. The first respondent filed a suit in the High Court for declaration c of title in respect of a Church property. It was claimed in the suit that

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