Supreme Court of India
Ram Kishan v. Sh. Tarun Bajaj & Ors.
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Contempt of Court Disobedience of court's orders - Court directing reinstatement with consequential benefits as a/so back wages - Contempt petition alleging non-compliance of order as 0 petitioner was denied benefit of re-designated post on a higher pay scale after his compulsory retirement - Held: Contempt proceedings are quasi-criminal in nature and, therefore, standard of proof required is beyond all reasonable doubt - If two interpretations are possible, and if the action is not contumacious, a contempt proceeding would not be maintainable - In order to punish a contemnor, it has to be
Authorities it was built on
- 2003 Bank of Baroda v. Sadruddin Hasan Daya and Anr.
- 1994 Niaz Mohammad and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Haryana and Ors.
- 2000 Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa and Ors.
- 1989 Rakapalli Raja Rama Gopala Rao v. Naragani Govinda Sehararao & Anr.
- 2010 Sahdeo @ Sahdeo Singh v. State of U.P. and Ors.
- 2013 M/s. Uniworth Textiles Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Raipur
- 2002 Anil Ratan Sarkar and Ors. v. Hirak Ghosh and Ors.
- 2013 National Fertilizers Ltd. v. Tuncay Alankus & Anr.
- 2001 Mrityunjoy Das and Anr. v. Sayed Hasibur Rehaman and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Celir Llp v. Mr. Sumati Prasad Bafna & Ors.
- 2021 Dr. U. N. Bora, Ex. Chief Executive Officer & Ors. v. Assam Roller Flour Mills Association & Anr.
- 2020 The Workmen through the Convener Fci Labour Federation v. Ravuthar Dawood Naseem
- 2024 Chaduranga Kanthraj Urs and Anr. v. P. Ravi Kumar and Ors.
- 2024 In Re: Patanjali Ayurved Limited through its Managing Director, Acharya Balkrishna and Baba Ramdev in the Matter Of:indian Medical Association and Anr v. Union of India and Others
- 2022 Hsbc Pi Holdings (mauritius) Limited v. Pradeep Shantipershad Jain & Ors
- 2022 Future Coupons Private Limited & Ors. v. Amazon.com Nv Investment Holdings Llc & Ors.
- 2021 Abhishek Kumar Singh v. G. Pattanaik & Ors.
Of those, 3 relied on · 5 referred to
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