Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1007 · Decided 4 August 2009
Kedar Singh Kushwaha v. Dhaniram & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1007 · [2009] 12 S.C.R. 364
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5096/2009
- Decided
- 4 August 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Contempt of Court - High Court in a contempt petition holding that Specified Officer had no jurisdiction to direct re- ;.. c counting of votes in panchayat elections - High Court directing the Officer to decide election petition within specified time and also to decide preliminary issues - Officer nor deciding the preliminary issues and also directing recounting - Contempt D Petition - Non-appearance of contemnor before Court - Single Judge as well as Division Bench of High Court finding ~ him guilty of contempt - On appeal, held : Facts of the case shows that the contemnor was guilty
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