Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 865 · Decided 12 December 2014
Amit Chanchal Jha v. Registrar High Court of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 865 · [2014] 12 S.C.R. 424
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 864/2012
- Decided
- 12 December 2014
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
· Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: s.2(c)- Criminal contempt - Allegation that appe1/ant-advocate abused a lady advocate C during judicial proceedings - Matter taken up by the Bench in chamber - Appellant admitting the charge - Convicted for criminal contempt and punished to undergo debarred from appearing in court for 3 months and matter directed to be reported to the Bar Council of India for D taking appropriate action - Held: Appellant taking vacillating stand - Apology tendered by appellant not sincere enough to be accepted so as to set aside the conviction - No reason
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