Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 653 · Decided 28 July 2023
Gostho Behari Das v. Dipak Kumar Sanyal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 653 · [2023] 10 S.C.R. 1174
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4725/2023
- Decided
- 28 July 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, SANJAY KAROL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 : ss. 2, 12 - Contempt of Court - Punishment for - Appellant unauthorizedly constructed a structure which deviated the plans sanctioned by the Municipal Corporation - Demolition order passed, however, the same was not carried out by the against appellant - Order passed suspending the appellant's licence to practice medicine - On appeal, held: Punishment of suspension of licence could not be given under the 1971 Act - Power to punish a registered medical practitioner for misconduct rest exclusively with
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