Supreme Court · 1955 INSC 63 · Decided 8 November 1955
Brajnandan Sinha v. Jyoti Narain
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1955 INSC 63 · [1955] 2 S.C.R. 955
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 25/1954
- Decided
- 8 November 1955
- Bench
- NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, SYED JAFFER IMAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 227
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS BRAJNANDAN SINHA v. JYOTI NARAIN. 955 [BHAGWATI, B. P. SINHA and JAFER IMAM JJ.] Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 (XXXVII of 1850)-A Commissioner appointed thereunder-Whethef a court within the meaning of Contempt of Courts Act, 1952 (XXXII of 1952). Held, that a Australia v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation ([1931] A.C.275),Huddart,Parker&Co. v. Moordead([1909] 8C.L. 330) Rex v. Electricity Commissioners ( [ 1924 J 1 K.B. 171 ), Bharat Bank Limited v. Employees of Bharat Bank Ltd. ([1950] S.C.R. 459), Maqbool Hussain v. The State of Bombay ([1953]
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