Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. v. Subedar Devassy Py

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Reported as [2006] 1 S.C.R. 303
Bench Arijit Pasayat and Tarun Chatterjee JJ.
Decided 10 January 2006

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Contempt of Courts Act, 1971---Sections 2(b) and 12-Civil contempt-­ Initiation of contempt proceedings on ground that earlier directions of Court wer.e not complied with-Court exercising contempt jurisdiction giving additional direction-Validity of-Held, not valid-While dealing with an application for contempt, the Court cannot traverse beyond the order, non­ compliance with which is alleged-It cannot test correctness or otherwise of the order or give additional direction or delete any direction-That would be exercising review jurisdiction while dealing with an application for initiation of

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