Supreme Court of India
Gostho Behari Das v. Dipak Kumar Sanyal & Ors.
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In view of the above, this Court has no hesitation in holding that the punishment handed down to the contemnor is entirely foreign to the Act and, therefore, unsustainable.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 : ss. 2, 12 – Contempt of Court – Punishment for – Appellant unauthorizedly constructed a structur e which deviated the plans sanctioned by the Municipal Corporat ion – Demolition order passed, however, the same was not car ried out by the appellant – Contempt petition against appell ant – Order passed suspending the appellant’s licence to practi ce medicine – On appeal, held: Punishment of suspension of licence could no t be given under the 1971 Act – Power to punish a registere d medical practitioner for misconduct rest exclusively with the body e nvisaged under
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