Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 202 · Decided 14 March 2011
B.N. Shivanna v. Advanta India Limited & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 202 · [2011] 4 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1038/2004
- Decided
- 14 March 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 391
Headnote
A B Contempt of Court Acts, 1971 - Criminal contempt - Lawyer betraying faith of his client - Appel/ant-Advocate committed fraud upon his client (respondent-company) and C embezzled Rs. 72 lakhs by misusing orders of Court which he knew to be incorrect - Contempt proceedings - High Court convicted and sentenced him to six months imprisonment - Justification of - Held: Justified - Appellant was beneficiary of the fraud and guilty of committing o contempt of court - Conduct of the appellant was reprehensible and amounted to interference in administration of justice - No leniency permissible
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