Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 323 · Decided 28 April 2004
Deepak Kumar Prahladka v. Chief Justice Prabha Shanker Mishra and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 323 · [2004] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 835
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 845/1998
- Decided
- 28 April 2004
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, ARUN KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 340
Headnote
B Contempt of Court: Contempt proceedings-Notice-Held, before holding a contemnor guilty of contempt and passing an order of imprisonment against him he is C entitled to a notice and opportunity of hearing. Petition for contempt of court-Held, could not be heard and disposed of by the very same D A Division Bench of the High Court, noticing some newspaper reports based on the statement of the appellant as contemptuous, directed issue of suo motu contempt notice to him. The appellant, instead of filing reply to the contempt notice, filed a contempt petition against the two Judges.
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