Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 469 · Decided 24 August 2004
Prithawi Nath Ram v. State of Jharkhand and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 469 · [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 740
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5024/2000
- Decided
- 24 August 2004
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 215
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 : Ss. 11 and 15--Contempt Jurisdiction-Scope of-Non-compliance C of order of High Court-Aggrieved party filing application for initiating contempt proceedings-Court examining correctness of the order and declining to take action for contempt-Held, the court exercising is alleged-It cannot test correctness or otherwise of the order-Cunstitution D of India, 1950-Article 215-Practice and Procedure. ·' In an application for initiating contempt proceedings for non- compliance of an order of the High Court, a single Judge proceeded to examine the correctness
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