Supreme Court of India

K. Shamrao and Ors. v. Assistant Charity Commissioner

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Reported as [2003] 2 S.C.R. 523
Bench Y.K. Sabharwal' and H.K. Sema JJ.
Decided 4 March 2003

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Assistant Charity Commissioner is a Court for the purposes of Sections 2 and 3 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950-Section 5-Assistant Charity Commissioner appointed thereunder-Whether 'Court' for the purposes of Sections 2 and 3 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 197 I-Held, yes since it possesses all the attributes of a Court-Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Sections 2 and 3. Respondent-Assistant Charity Commissioner was a serving judicial officer of State Judicial Services whose services had been placed at the disposal of the Government to be appointed as an Assistant Charity Commissioner under the provisions of the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1951. Appellants published certain

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