Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 232 · Decided 12 December 1980
S. K. Sarkar, Member, Board of Revenue, U.P., Lucknow v. Vinay Chandra Misra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 232 · [1981] 2 S.C.R. 331
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 294/1974
- Decided
- 12 December 1980
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
331 Contemp1 of Courts Act 1971, S. 15(2)-Scope of Contempt of Subordi­ nate or inferior Court-Whether High Court can take suo .motu cognizance of and punish . . The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 by section 15(2) empowers the High A B Colut in the case of any criminal contempt of a subordinate on a reference made to it by the subordinate court, or on a motion made by the Advocate-General, or in relation to a Union Territory by the notified I.aw Officer. In a proceeding under the U.P. Zamindari and Land Reforms Act 1950, the respondent-advocate, appeared as a counsel before
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)