Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 19 · Decided 10 January 2006
Union of India and ORS. v. Subedar Devassy PY
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 19 · [2006] 1 S.C.R. 303
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1066/2000
- Decided
- 10 January 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, TARUN CHATTERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971---Sections 2(b) and 12-Civil contempt-­ Initiation of contempt proceedings on ground that earlier directions of Court C wer.e not complied with-Court exercising contempt jurisdiction giving additional direction-Validity of-Held, not valid-While dealing with an is alleged-It cannot test correctness or otherwise of the order or give additional direction or delete any direction-That would be exercising review jurisdiction while dealing with an application for initiation D of contempt proceedings-Same is impermissible and indefensible. Respondent had
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