Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 601 · Decided 13 December 2012
Priya Gupta and ANR. v. ADDL. SECY. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 601 · [2012] 12 S.C.R. 818
- Case number
- SUO MOTO CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 195/2012
- Decided
- 13 December 2012
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Contempt
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: s.12 - Apology tendered by contemnor - Consideration of - Held: Consideration of an apology as contemplated D under Explanation to s.12(1) is not a panacea to avoid action in considering the apology and its acceptance, the Court inter alia considers a) the conduct of the contemnor prior and subsequent to the tendering of apology - If the conduct is contemptuous, prejudicial and has harmed the system and other innocent persons as a whole, E it would be a factor which
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