Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 467 · Decided 9 May 2018
Meenal Bhargava v. Naveen Sharma
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 467 · [2018] 4 S.C.R. 521
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1606/2018
- Decided
- 9 May 2018
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: s.12(1) r/w s. 12(3) - Appellant (wife) left company of her husband (respondent) with her son - Canadian Court granted custody of the child to the husband - Wife without complying with the order of Canadian Court, came to India - Husband filed reached settlement on certain terms - Husband thereafter filed contempt petition seeking execution of consent terms and punishment of wife for contempt of Court - High Court found the wife guilty of contempt of court awarding punishment of six months civil imprisonment - On
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