Supreme Court of India

Meenal Bhargava v. Naveen Sharma

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Reported as [2018] 4 S.C.R. 521
Bench A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 9 May 2018

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Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: s.12(1) r/w s. 12(3) – Appellant (wife) left compan y of her husband (respondent) with her son – Canadian Court granted custody of the child to the husband – Wife without comply ing with the order of Canadian Court, came to India – Husband filed Habeas Corpus petition in the High Court in India – The parties r eached settlement on certain terms – Husband thereafter fi led contempt petition seeking execution of consent terms and punishmen t of wife for contempt of Court – High Court found the wife guilty of contempt of court awarding punishment of six months civil

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