Supreme Court of India
Narmada Bachao Andolan v. Union of India and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
Before parting with this order we wish to place on record our deep appreciation for the assistance rendered to us by the amicus, Shri K.K. Venugopal, Senior Advocate and all other learned counsel appearing in the G case.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, I 971 : Contempt of Court-Interim order passed by Supreme Court with regard to Height of Dam on river Narmada-Application filed by State of Gujarat stating that leaders of Narmada Bachao Ando/an had been reacting to order passed by this Court by way of threat of protests, public meetings, undertaking Satyagrahas, news reports, press releases, articles in news magazines etc. Objectionable passages in a book also brought to notice of the Court-Held, NBA and its leaders have knowingly made comments on pending proceedings and have· prim a facie disobeyed interim
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