Title : Fair Criticism of Judicial Act Not Contempt
State : Central
Year : 1971
A person shall not be guilty of contempt of court for publishing any fair comment on the merits of any case which has been heard and finally decided. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Other Defences Not Affected
State : Central
Year : 1971
Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as implying that any other defence which would have been a valid defence in any proceedings for contempt of court has ceased to be available merely by reason of the provisions of this Act. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Act Not to Imply Enlargement of Scope of Contempt
State : Central
Year : 1971
Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as implying that any disobedience, breach, publication or other act is punishable as contempt of court which would not be so punishable apart from this Act. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Hearing of Cases of Criminal Contempt to Be by Benches
State : Central
Year : 1971
(1) Every case of criminal contempt under section 15 shall be heard and determined by a Bench of not less than two judges. (2) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to the Court of a Judicial Commissioner. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Limitation for Actions for Contempt
State : Central
Year : 1971
No court shall initiate any proceedings of contempt, either on its own motion or otherwise, after the expiry of a period of one year from the date on which the contempt is alleged to have been committed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Act to Be in Addition To, and Not in Derogation Of, Other Laws Relating to Contempt
State : Central
Year : 1971
The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of the provisions of any other law relating to contempt of courts. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Repeal
State : Central
Year : 1971
The Contempt of Courts Act, 1952 (32 of 1952), is hereby repealed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Procedure After Cognizance
State : Central
Year : 1971
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : High Court
State : Central
Year : 1971
(1) On and from the appointed day,-- (a) the High Court of Assam and Nagaland shall cease to function and is hereby abolished; (b) there shall be a common High Court for the States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura to be called the Gauhati High Court (the High Court of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura); (c) the Judges of the High Court of Assam and Nagaland holding office immediately before that day shall, unless they have elected otherwise, become on that day the Judges of the common High Court. (2) Nothing in clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall prejudice or affect the continued operation of any notice served, injunction issued, direction given or proceedings taken before the appointed day by the High Court of Assam and Nagaland under the powers..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Transfer of Proceedings from the High Court of Assam and Nagaland and the Courts of the Judicial Commissioners to the Common High Court
State : Central
Year : 1971
(1) All proceedings pending in the High Court of Assam and Nagaland and in the Courts of the Judicial Commissioners for Manipur and Tripura immediately before the appointed day shall, from such day, stand transferred to the common High Court. (2) Every proceeding transferred under sub-section (1) shall be disposed of by the common High Court as if such proceeding was entertained by that High Court. (3) Any order made before the appointed day by the High Court of Assam and Nagaland or by the Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Manipur or by the Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Tripura shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of that High Court or, as the case may be, of that Court but also as an order of the common High Court. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section