Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 367 · Decided 9 May 2011
O.P. Sharma & ORS. v. High Court of Punjab & Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 367 · [2011] 6 S.C.R. 301
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1108/2004
- Decided
- 9 May 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: A B ss. 2(c) and 12(1) proviso, Explanation - Criminal C contempt of Court - Advocates abusing the Judicial Magistrate in filthy language and threatening him with dire consequences - Matter referred to High Court - Newspaper publishing the incident - Suo motu by High Court against the advocates and the owner, D publisher and Editor of newspaper - Unconditional apology tendered by contemnors before High Court - On High Court's directions contemnors appearing before Judicial Magistrate concerned and tendering unconditional apology - Conviction . by
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