Guwahati Court August 1949 Judgments

Deputy Commissioner Vs. Upendra Saran Sanyal and ors.

Court: Guwahati

Thadani Ag. C. J.1. On 23rd April 1949, the Deputy Commissioner of Goalpara, Stiri K. C. Barna, addressed a letter to the Registrar (Judicial) of this Court, in these terms :I have the honour to bring the following faot3 to your kind notice for taking necessary actions ag tha Hon'ble Court deems fit. The fasts appear to me to constitute on offence under Contempt of Courts Act, 1926, as well as misconduct of certain pleaders and Advocates practising in Dhubd Court under. the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879, The facts are briefly as follows :In the course of an enquiry under the Assam Land and Eevenue Begulation by the Sadar 3. D. C. Mr. D. Sarma.ona Miss Sumati Das Gupta, Sterotary, Ladies. Club, was asked to produce certain records of tha Club and attend his enquiry personally. On her failure to do so, a daily fine of Ra, 10 was imposed on her Under Section 142, Assam Land and Eevenue Regulation on 23rd March 1949 until the papers would be produced. The next day a Distress Warrant was E...