Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 167 · Decided 4 August 1976
Arun Kshetrapal v. Registrar, High Court, Jabalpur & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 167 · [1977] 1 S.C.R. 98
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 21/1976
- Decided
- 4 August 1976
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, JASWANT SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 268; Constitution Article 10
Headnote
Contempt of Court Act (Act No. 70 of 1971), 1971-Ss. 2{b), JO am! 12{1) rrnd with Article 215, Conslitulion of India-Remitting the punishment awarded after accepting the apology ·rendered by the contemnor and ordering him to pay .the cost of pcver books, wlzetlier valid-Whether erulorsing addressed ro the State co1111se/, for infonnatio'n only a1nounts to conte1npt. Pursuant to telegraphic ini'ormation dated 5 August 1975 received from the Advocate General, Madhya Pradesh, communicating the directions of the Jabalpur Bench of the, High: Court of Madhya Pradesh dated' 1 August
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