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Home Bare Acts Phrase: direct contemptContempt of Courts Act, 1971 Section 14
Title: Procedure Where Contempt is in the Face of the Supreme Court or a High Court
State: Central
Year: 1971
.....of proper administration of justice the application should be allowed, it shall cause the matter to be placed, together with a statement of the facts of the case, before the Chief justice for such directions as he may think fit to issue as respects the trial thereof. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, in any trial of a person charged with contempt under sub-section (1) which is held, in pursuance of a direction given under sub-section (2), by a judge other than the Judge or Judges in whose presence or hearing the offence is alleged to have been committed, it shall not be necessary for the judge or judges in whose presence or hearing the offence is alleged to have been committed to appear as a witness and the statement placed before the Chief justice under sub- section (2) shall be treated as evidence in the case. (4) Pending the determination of the charge, the court may direct that a person charged with contempt under this section shall be detained in such custody as it may specify: Provided that he shall be released on bail, if a bond for such sum of money as the court thinks sufficient is executed with or without sureties conditioned that the.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionContempt of Courts Act, 1971 Section 12
Title: Punishment for Contempt of Court
State: Central
Year: 1971
.....rupees, or with both: Provided that the accused may be discharged or the punishment awarded may be remitted on apology being made to the satisfaction of the court. Explanation.--An apology shall not be rejected merely on the ground that it is qualified or conditional if the accused makes it bona fide. (2) Notwithstanding a]nything contained in any law for the time being in force, no court shall impose a sentence in excess of that specified in sub-section (1) for any Contempt either in respect of itself or of a court subordinate to it. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, where a person is found guilty of a civil contempt, the court , if it considers that a fine will not meet the ends of justice and that a sentence of imprisonment is necessary shall, instead of sentencing him to simple imprisonment, direct that he be detained in a civil prison for such period not exceeding six months as it may think fit. (4) Where the person found guilty of contempt of court in respect of any undertaking given to a court is a company, every person who, at the time the contempt was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionContempt of Courts Act, 1971 Complete Act
Title: Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
State: Central
Year: 1971
.....- Procedure where contempt is in the face of the Supreme Court or a High Court Section15 - Cognizance of criminal contempt in other cases Section16 - Contempt by judge, magistrate or other person acting judicially Section17 - Procedure after cognizance Section18 - Hearing of cases of criminal contempt to be by Benches Section19 - Appeals Section20 - Limitation for actions for contempt Section21 - Act not to apply to Nyaya Panchayats or other village courts Section22 - Act to be in addition to, and not in derogation of, other laws relating to contempt Section23 - Power of Supreme Court and High Courts to make rules Section24 - Repeal Amending Act1 - CONTEMPT OF COURTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006
List Judgments citing this sectionContempt of Courts Act, 1971 Section 3
Title: Innocent Publication and Distribution of Matter Not Contempt
State: Central
Year: 1971
..... in the case of a civil or criminal proceeding, shall be deemed to continue to be pending until it is heard and finally decided, that is to say, ina case where an appeal or revision is competent, until the appeal or revision is heard and finally decided or, where no appeal or revision is preferred, until the period of limitation prescribed for such appeal or revision has expired; (b) which has been heard and finally decided shall not be deemed to be pending merely by reason of the fact that proceedings for the execution of the decree, order or sentence passed therein are pending. (c) make such order for the punishment or discharge of such person as may be just. ________________________ 1. Now see Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974). (d) make such order for the punishment or discharge of such person as may be just.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionContempt of Courts Act, 1971 Section 13
Title: Contempts Not Punishable in Certain Cases
State: Central
Year: 1971
1[13. Contempts not punishable in certain cases -- Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, -- (a) no court shall impose a sentence under this Act for a contempt of court unless it is satisfied that the contempt is of such a nature that it substantially interferes, or tends substantially to interfere with the due course of justice; (b) the court may permit, in any proceeding for contempt of court, justification by truth as a valid defence if it is satisfied that it is in public interest and the request for invoicing the said defence is bonafide". _______________________________ 1.Substituted by the Contempt of Courts (Amendment) Act, 2006 (6 of 2006). Prior to the substitution it was read as: Section 13 - Contempts not punishable in certain cases:- Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no court shall impose a sentence under this Act for a contempt of court unless it is satisfied that the contempt is of such a nature that it substantially interferes, or tends substantially to interfere with the due course of justice.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionContempt of Courts Act, 1971 Amending Act 1
Title: Contempt of Courts (Amendment) Act, 2006
State: Central
Year: 1971
THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006 [Act, No. 6 of 2006] [17th March, 2006.] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- 1. Short title This Act may be called the Contempt of Courts (Amendment) Act, 2006. 2. Substitution of new section for section 13 In the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971(70 of 1971), for section 13, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-- "13. Contempts not punishable in certain cases.--Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force,-- (a) no court shall impose a sentence under this Act for a contempt of court unless it is satisfied that the contempt is of such a nature that it substantially interferes, or tends substantially to interfere with the due course of justice; (b) the court may permit, in any proceeding for contempt of court, justification by truth as a valid defence if it is satisfied that it is in public interest and the request for invoicing the said defence is bonafide".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionContempt of Courts Act, 1971 Section 10
Title: Power of High Court to Punish Contempt of Subordinate Courts
State: Central
Year: 1971
Every High Court shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, powers and authority, in accordance with the same procedure and practice, in respect of contempt of courts subordinate to it as it has and exercises in respect of contempt of itself: Provided that no High Court shall take cognizance of a contempt alleged to have been committed in respect of a court subordinate to it where such contempt is an offence punishable under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionContempt of Courts Act, 1971 Section 15
Title: Cognizance of Criminal Contempt in Other Cases
State: Central
Year: 1971
.....behalf. (3) Every motion or reference made under thissection shall specify the contempt of which the person charged is alleged to be guilty. Explanation.--Inthis section, the expression "Advocate-General" means-- (a) in relation to theSupreme Court, the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General; (b) inrelation to the High Court, the Advocate-General of the State or any of theStates for which the High Court has been established; (c) in relation to the courtof a judicial Commissioner, such Law Officer as the Central Government may, bynotification in the Official Gazette, specifyin this behalf. ________________________ 1.Inserted by Act 45 of 1976, section 2.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionContempt of Courts (Amendment) Act, 2006 Preamble 1
Title: Contempt of Courts (Amendment) Act, 2006
State: Central
Year: 2006
THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006 [Act, No. 6 of 2006] [17th March, 2006.] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:--
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionContempt of Courts Act, 1971 Preamble 1
Title: Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
State: Central
Year: 1971
THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971 [Act, No. 70 of 1971] [24th December, 1971] PREAMBLE An Act to define and limit the powers of certain courts in punishing contempt of courts and to regulate their procedure in relation thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:--
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