Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 523 · Decided 21 November 2012
R.K. Anand v. Registrar, Delhi High Court
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 523 · [2012] 10 S.C.R. 1090
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1393/2008
- Decided
- 21 November 2012
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, AFTAB ALAM, C.K. PRASAD (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 215
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 - s. 2(c) clauses (ii) and C (iii) - Contempt proceedings - Initiated suo motu by High Court - Against senior advocate-contemnor - For suborning the court witness in a criminal trial, in which he represented the accused - High Court held him guilty of contempt prohibited him from appearing in the Delhi D High Court and the courts subordinate to it for a period of four months - However, he was left free to carry on his other professional work e.g. consultation, advices, conferences and opinions etc. - Further the court recommended the full court to
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