Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 653 · Decided 20 July 2017
Satwant Singh v. Malkeet Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 653 · [2017] 6 S.C.R. 488
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3001/2008
- Decided
- 20 July 2017
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 438; CrPC Section 438
Headnote
6 S.C.R. 488 SATWANT SINGH v. MALKEET SINGH (Civil Appeal No. 3001 of 2008) JULY20,2017 [KURIAN JOSEPH AND R. BANUMATHI, JJ.) Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 - s.2(b) - Civil contempt - Appellant-contemnor, the investigating officer arrested respondent C on a charge which was added subsequently out the instructions of the superior officer and he bona fide understood the order passed by the Court to mean that the respondent was entitled to protection D u/s.438, Cr.PC. only in respect of those offences reflected in the order and s.307, JPC having been added subsequently there was no
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