Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 386 · Decided 9 August 2021
Suman Chadha & ANR. v. Central Bank of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 386 · [2021] 8 S.C.R. 370
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 28592/2018
- Decided
- 9 August 2021
- Bench
- INDIRA BANERJEE, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: ss. 2(b), 19 - Contempt of court - Wilful breach of the undertaking given to the Court - On facts, bank filed a petition u/ss. 10 and 12 for punishing the petitioners for wilful and deliberate breach of their breach of an undertaking made with a view to secure a conditional order of stay may not tantamount to contempt, especially when the consequences of breach of such undertaking are spelt out in the Court order itself - Single judge of the High Court held the petitioners guilty of contempt
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