Supreme Court · 1952 INSC 10 · Decided 27 February 1952
Kathi Raning Rawat v. The State of Saurashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1952 INSC 10 · [1952] 1 S.C.R. 435
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 15/1951
- Decided
- 27 February 1952
- Bench
- M. PATANJALI SASTRI, MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, SUDHI RANJAN DAS, SIR SYED FAZL ALI, N. CHANDRASEKHARA AIYAR, VIVIAN BOSE (7-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 392; Constitution
Headnote
COURT REPORTS 435 bona fide, even if good faith can be held to be a defence at all in a proceeding for contempt. What is more, he did not express any regret for what he had done either in the High Court or before us and his behaviour Joes not show the least trace of contrition. In these RAWAT ti. THE STATE OF SAURASHTRA [PATANJALI SASTRI c. J., FAZL ALI, MEHAR CHAND ~1h.IHJAN, MuKERJEA, DAs, CHANDRASEKH.,RA A1Y AR and VIVIAN BosE JJ.] Saurasiitra State Public Safety (Third Amendment) Orditzanu (LXVI of 1949), ss. 9, 10, 11-Law empowering State to constitute Special
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