Supreme Court of India

David Jude v. Hannah Grace Jude and Ors.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 978
Bench M.B. Shah J.
Decided 30 July 2003

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Contempt of Courts Act, 1971-Litigation with regard to custody of child-Supreme Court granting interim custody to the mother-Permission to take child abroad on condition of furnishing an undertaking to bring back the child to India before Family Court when required-Breach of undertaking/ direction/notice-Contempt petition-Held: the mother and grand-mother guilty of commilling contempt of Court as they played with the Court in not abiding with the undertaking-Thus, on account of their defiant and contemptuous allitude no lenient view could be taken-Order of conviction and sentence

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