Supreme Court of India

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam v. L.K. Tripathi and Others

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Reported as [2009] 6 S.C.R. 583
Bench B.N. Agrawal and G.S. Singhvi JJ.
Decided 1 April 2009

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Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: s. 2(b) - Civil contempt - Order of Supreme Court restraining political parties from proceeding with the call for bandh in State - Allegation of willful disobedience of c ·.-. directions by Chief Secretary of State and other officers - 0 Held: Cannot per se be held guilty of contempt - Language of restraint order unambiguous - Prohibitive injunction was explicitly directed against political parties and not against government officials - No directions issued to them to take specific steps with regard to calf for bandh - No evidence produced to show that transport

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