Supreme Court · 1983 INSC 103 · Decided 25 August 1983
Asharam M. Jain v. A. T. Gupta and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1983 INSC 103 · [1983] 3 S.C.R. 719
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 6735/1983
- Decided
- 25 August 1983
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, A.P. SEN, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Conte1npt of Court-Strains and mortification of litigation cannot fle allowed ta lead litigants to tarnish, terrorise and destroy the system of atlminis· C tration of justice by vilification of judges. In a petition for special leave to appeaJ file~- by him, the petitioner indulged in wild passed the order sought to be appealed from. In answer to the notice issued to him under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 he prayed for two weeks' time to file an affidavit (which was granted) and stated that he was not prepared to withdraw th,e allegations but desired to make amends. When the
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