Supreme Court of India

Balwantbhai Somabhai Bhandari v. Hiralal Somabhai Contractor (deceased) Rep. by Lrs. & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 11 S.C.R. 1064
Bench J. B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 6 September 2023

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Issues for consideration: Whether the wilful breach of an assurance in the form of an undertaking given by a counsel/ advocate on behalf of his client to the court would amount to “civil contempt” as defi ned u/s. 2(b) of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971; whether the said undertaking coul d be said to have been given to the court; whether the contempt court has the power to declare any contemptuous transaction non est or void; whether the benefi ciaries of a contemptuous transaction have a right to be heard in the contempt proceedings on the ground that they are necessary or proper parties as

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