Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 406 · Decided 15 July 2010
Hari Singh Nagra & ORS. v. Kapil Sibal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 406 · [2010] 8 S.C.R. 879
- Case number
- TRANSFERRED CASE (CRIMINAL) No. 2/1997
- Decided
- 15 July 2010
- Bench
- J.M. PANCHAL, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 215
Headnote
A B Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 215 - Criminal contempt of court - A message by Senior Advocate­ contemnor - Expressing concern about falling standard of C legal fraternity - Published in Souvenir of a Literary Association of Advocates - The message not released to press - Souvenir published in Daily News Paper suggesting that the contemnor-Advocate made frontal attack on judiciary - D Criminal contempt petition filed before High Court - Transfer of the petition to Supreme Court - Held: The message contributed by the advocate-contemnor to the Souvenir does not bring the
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