Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 124 · Decided 5 May 1970
In the Matter Of: Rustom Cawasjee Cooper v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 124 · [1971] 1 S.C.R. 512
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 300/1969
- Decided
- 5 May 1970
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.C. SHAH, K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER, A.N. RAY, I.D. DUA (6-judge bench)
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Co11te111pt of Co11rt-Criricis111 of Court Judgn1ent-Lin1itaiiou 011. At a puhlic meeting held a few days after the decision of this (~ourt on the constitution"\l validity of the Banking Companies (Acquisition of Transfer of Undertakings) Act 22 of 1969, K, a Minister in the Central to have made certain critical remarks which, two petitioners be'fore the Court contended constituted a serious contempt of this Court. The petitioners swore an affidavit in suppon of their, petition based on the newspapers reports. As the Court considered that some of the alleged observations,
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