Supreme Court of India
Leila David v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
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Constitution of India, 1950: Article 129 and 142 - Contempt in the face of the c Supreme Court - During the course of hearing, writ petitioners disrupting court proceedings, using offensive, intemperate and abusive language - One of the petitioners throwing an object at Judges - Presiding Judge finding the behaviour of -1 petitioners as contemptuous, held them guilty of criminal contempt of the Court and sentenced them to three months' imprisonment - The other Judge comprising the Bench being of the view that petitioners could not have been punished for contempt without due compliance of s.14
Where later benches applied it
- 2019 National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2017 Kamini Jaiswal v. Union of India & Anr.
- 2014 Ram Niranjan Roy v. State of Bihar and Ors.
- 2024 State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors v. Association of Retired Supreme Court and High Court Judges at Allahabad & Ors
- 2022 Mehmood Pracha v. Central Administrative Tribunal
Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to
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