Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 151 · Decided 17 February 1997
Sadhvi Ritumbhara v. Digvija Y Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 151 · [1997] 2 S.C.R. 94
- Case number
- CONTEMPT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 1/1997
- Decided
- 17 February 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Contempt
Headnote
RITUMBHARA v. DIGVIJA Y SINGH AND ANR. FEBRUARY 17, 1997 B [K. RAMASWAMY AND G.T. NANAVATI, JJ.) Contempt of Court : Judgment of Supreme Court-Press release containing distortion of contents of judgment-Publication-Misleading-Contempt proceedings in- C itiated against officers issuing distorted by making mis-statement of the contents of the order and thereby committed contempt of this Court-It is the duty of officials to see that their D department functions properly particularly when it relates to issuance of public inf onnation of contents of an order of the Court-However, the
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