Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 569 · Decided 7 December 2012
Gurminder Singh Kang v. Shiv Prasad Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 569 · [2012] 11 S.C.R. 240
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8819/2012
- Decided
- 7 December 2012
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Contempt of Court: Contempt of order of High Court - Appellant­ Commissioner of Food and Civil Supplies, canceling the time bound promotions granted to respondent-employee by orders of High Court - High Court holding that the appellant D committed contempt of its order, imposed upon simple imprisonment with fine - Held: Orders and judgments of courts are meant to be obeyed and not to be disobeyed, with impunity - Appellant came forward with a lame and flippant statement that he did not understand E the implication of the order of High Court - He passed orders in total
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