Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 296 · Decided 15 July 2005
Director of Education, Uttaranchal and ORS. v. Ved Prakash Joshi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 296 · [2005] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 620
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3713/2005
- Decided
- 15 July 2005
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 215
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 197 I-Sections 14 and I 5-Contempt jurisdictiOn-Exercise and scope of-Held: Court exercising contempt C jurisdiction is to deal with the contumacious conduct of party alleged to have committed default in complying w~th the directions-It cannot tr~erse beyond the order to or delete any direction-That w()uld amount to exercise of review jurisdiction while dealing with contempt application which is impermissible and indefensible. D Single Judge of High Court issued directions for giving arrears of salary to Respondent No.I. On the non-compliance of the.
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