Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 403 · Decided 14 July 2010
Amicus Curie v. Prashant Bhushan & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 403 · [2010] 8 S.C.R. 723
- Case number
- CONTEMPT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 10/2009
- Decided
- 14 July 2010
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, CYRIAC JOSEPH, H.L. DATTU (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Hearing Adjourned
- Case type
- Contempt
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 15, 23
Headnote
RULES TO REGULATE PROCEEDINGS FOR A B CONTEMPT OF THE SUPREME COURT, 1975: C rr. 3(a) and (c) - Contempt proceedings - Maintainability of - Application by amicus curaie before the Bench presided over by the Chief Justice of India, drawing the attention of the Court to certain statements reported 0 corruption in judiciary, and, in particular, higher judiciary, and also making serious imputation against a sitting Judge of the Court - Directions given to-issue notice and to post the matter before a three-Judge Bench - Plea that the order issuing notice being neither on suo motu cognizance
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