Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 243 · Decided 25 April 2000
Murray and CO. v. Ashok KR. Newatia and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 243 · [2000] 1 S.C.R. 367
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 378/1998
- Decided
- 25 April 2000
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, U.C. BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
AND CO. A v. ASHOK KR. NEWATIA AND ANR. JA.Nl.JAR Y 25, 2000 (G.B. PATIANAIK AND UMESH C. BANERJEE, JJ.[ B Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: Contempt petition-Arose as a result of the litigation spirit of the parties-Merits of-Held : This, by itself, should not affect the merits of the C contemprAdministration of justice-lnter­ ference with-field : Whether or not a person has obtained a definite ad­ vantage in making a false statement is immaterial in deciding whether the person has committed contempt of court-However, it is a relevant factor for D imposing tile
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