Supreme Court of India

Chandra Shashi v. Anil Kumar Verma

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 465

Bench Kuldip Singh and B.L. Hansaria JJ.

Decided 14 November 1994

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Contempt of Courts Act, 1971-Section 2 (c)-Criminal Contempt Filing of forged and fabricated document in Court with intention to defraud-Whether amounts to contempt of Court-Held, Yes-Offer of unconditional apology rejected on the ground that it cannot be used as a weapon of defence to get purged of the guilt-Sentence of two week's imprisonment imposed Suo motu contempt action has been taken against respondent for his having filed a fabricated document to oppose the prayer of his wife seeking transfer of a matrimonial proceeding from Delhi to Unnao. The experience certificate purportedly

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2010 R.S. Sujatha v. State of Karnataka and Ors. mentioned
2010 Ranveer Yadav v. State of Bihar mentioned
1995 Dhananjay Sharma v. State of Haryana and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 5 relied on · 4 referred to · 4 mentioned

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