Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 78 · Decided 30 January 2015
M.V. Jayarajan v. High Court of Kerala & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 78 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 550
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2099/2011
- Decided
- 30 January 2015
- Bench
- VIKRAMAJIT SEN, C. NAGAPPAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1)(a)
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 - s. 12 - Criminal contempt - Contempt petition before High Court - Alleging that the C contemnor, in a public meeting, while criticizing a judgment passed by a Division Bench of the High Court used abusive language against the judges - High Court found the contemnor contemnor has rightly been held guilty- The contents of his speech show that o it was not a mere criticism of the judgment, but the contemnor by using abusive words against the Judges had intended to lower the dignity of the Court, to obstruct and impede its functioning - The right of freedom
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