​Contempt Of Court

  • The Supreme Court had issued contempt notices to the RBI for failing to reveal under the Right to Information Act intelligence received on loan defaulters and details of action taken against banks in connection with fraud.
  • Articles 129 and 215 of the constitution enable the courts to hold individuals in contempt if they attempt to demean or belittle their authority.
  • In India, the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, divides contempt into civil contempt and criminal contempt.
  • Civil contemptis a ‘wilful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other processes of a Court or wilful breach of an undertaking given to the ....
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