Supreme Court of India

In Re: Sanjiv Datta and Ors v. In Re: Sanjiv Datta and Ors

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Reported as [1995] 3 S.C.R. 450

Bench P.B. Sawant and B.P. Jeevan Reddy JJ.

Decided 19 April 1995

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12 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that his conviction needs no departmental disciplinary proceedings against him.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: Sec 2(c), 12-Contempt of Court-Suo 4 moto contempt notice issued to a public servant and his advocates-Affidavit filed in the Supreme Court containing a/legations against the Court-Allega- tions made with intention of casting aspersions on the Court and attributing c motives to it--Accusing the Court of making mockery of established policy of Government of India by pennitting a foreign agency to undertake broadcasting from India against national interest thereby undennining sovereignty of the nation--Unconditional apology of public servant not

Where later benches applied it

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2014 Amit Chanchal Jha v. Registrar High Court of Delhi relied on
2012 Pooja Rana v. State of Haryana & Ors. relied on
2011 State of Orissa & Anr. v. Mamata Mohanty relied on
2010 Smt. Poonam v. Sumit Tanwar relied on
2024 Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2016 Yatin Narendra Oza v. Khemchand Rajaram Koshti & Ors. referred to
2016 Mahipal Singh Rana, Advocate v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2014 State of Rajasthan & Anr. v. Surendra Mohnot & Ors. referred to
2013 In Re: Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, Advocate v.. referred to
2013 Arun Kumar Yadav v. State of U.P. Thru Dist. Judge referred to
2012 Priya Gupta and Anr. v. Addl. Secy. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ors. referred to

Of those, 5 relied on · 7 referred to

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