Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 4 · Decided 2 January 2017
Vitusah Oberoi and ORS. v. Court of Its Own Motion
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 4 · [2017] 1 S.C.R. 25
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1234/2007
- Decided
- 2 January 2017
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, A.M. KHANWILKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 215, 129
Headnote
S.C.R. 25 VITUSAH OBEROI AND ORS. V • . COUR! OF ITS OWN MOTION (Criminal Appeal No. 1234 of2007) JANUARY 02, 2017 [T. S. THAKUR, C.J.I. AND A. M. KHANWILKAR, J.] Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: Contempt of Supreme Court - P-ower of High Court to initiate contempt proceedings - Held: There is Court like the .Supreme Court of India - As a matter of fact, the Supreme Court under Art.129 and High Court under Art.215 of the Constitution are both declared to be Courts of Record - The power to punishfor co111e111pt vested in a Court of Record under Art.215 does not, however, extendto
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