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In India, the offence of contempt of court is committed when a person either disobeys a court order (civil contempt), or when a person says or does anything that scandalizes, prejudices, or interferes with judicial proceedings and the administration of justice (criminal contempt). Contempt of court can be punished with imprisonment or a fine ...
Justice Chinnaswamy Swaminathan Karnan (born 12 June 1955) is a retired Indian judge. In May 2017, he was sentenced to six months of imprisonment by the Supreme Court of India, holding him guilty of contempt of court. He was the first Indian High Court judge to be punished for contempt while in office but was arrested and jailed after retirement.
The term contempt of court refers to civil contempt or criminal contempt under the Act. But judges do not have any general immunity from criticism of their judicial conduct, provided that it is made in good faith and is genuine criticism, and not any attempt to impair the administration of justice.
Justice C. S. Karnan was sentenced to six months of imprisonment by the Supreme Court of India, holding him guilty of contempt of court. He was the first Indian High Court judge to be sent to prison for contempt while in office. [2] [3]
The disagreement arose as Sankaranarayanan argued for one of the parties, with Justice Mishra finding the arguments repetitive. Sankaranarayanan requested an opportunity to present his submissions, but Justice Mishra remained firm. The tension escalated, resulting in Justice Mishra threatening contempt and conviction if he continued speaking. [53]
The Supreme Court of India ruled in favor of the family. [10] [11] Deepak was the counsel for Anand Ranganathan in the contempt of court case against the former for endorsing the criticism of Justice S. Muralidhar by S Gurumurthy and Vivek Agnihotri. [12] The Delhi High Court closed the proceedings against Ranganathan. [13]
Name of the Chief Justice Date of appointment Date of appointment as CJI Date of retirement Tenure Length Tenure Length as CJI 1 H. J. Kania: 26 January 1950: 26 January 1950: 6 November 1951: 1 year, 284 days 1 year, 284 days 2 M. Patanjali Sastri: 26 January 1950: 7 November 1951: 3 January 1954: 3 years, 342 days 2 years, 57 days 3 Mehr ...
The Best Bakery case was a legal case involving the burning down of the Best Bakery, a small outlet in the Hanuman Tekri area in Vadodara, Gujarat, India, on 1 March 2002.. During the incident, mob targeted the Sheikh family who ran the bakery and had taken refuge inside, resulting in the deaths of fourteen people [1] (11 Muslims including family members and 3 Hindu employees [2] of the bakery