Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 451 · Decided 1 April 2009
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam v. L.K. Tripathi and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 451 · [2009] 6 S.C.R. 583
- Case number
- CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 262/2007
- Decided
- 1 April 2009
- Bench
- B.N. AGRAWAL, G.S. SINGHVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Contempt
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 129
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: s. 2(b) - Civil contempt - Order of Supreme Court restraining political parties from proceeding with the call for bandh in State - Allegation of willful disobedience of B c ·.-. directions by Chief Secretary of State and Cannot per se be held guilty of contempt - Language of restraint order unambiguous - Prohibitive injunction was explicitly directed against political parties and not against government officials - No directions issued to them to take specific steps with regard to calf for bandh - No evidence E
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