Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 35 · Decided 17 January 2014
Ram Kishan v. SH. Tarun Bajaj & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 35 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 538
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4985/2012
- Decided
- 17 January 2014
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
C Contempt of Court Disobedience of court's orders - Court directing reinstatement with consequential benefits as a/so back wages - Contempt petition alleging non-compliance of order as 0 petitioner was denied benefit of re-designated post on a higher pay scale after his Contempt proceedings are quasi-criminal in nature and, therefore, standard of proof required is beyond all reasonable doubt - If two interpretations are possible, and if the action is not contumacious, a contempt proceeding would not be E maintainable - In order to punish a contemnor, it has to
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