Constructive Contempt - Judgment Search Results

In Re: Tushar Kanti Ghosh. Editor, Amrit Bazar Patrika, and anr.

Court: Kolkata

Reported in: AIR1935Cal419

..... from that which would follow in the ordinary course and that the third class namely constructive contempt depends upon the inference of an intention to obstruct the course of justice he placed ..... order lord erskine l c in giving judgment distinguished the case from ordinary cases of constructive contempt depending upon the inference of an intention to obstruct the cause of justice and said .....

Bridges Vs. California

Court: US Supreme Court

..... still in judicial suspense quite another see laski procedure for constructive contempt in england 41 harv l rev 1031 1034 goodhart newspapers and contempt in english law 48 harv l rev 885 a ..... of the proceedings would clearly have been privileged hence this editorial given the most intimidating construction it will bear did no more than threaten future adverse criticism which was reasonably to .....

Respublica Vs. Oswald

Court: US Supreme Court

..... not extend in his opinion 329 continued to the case of constructive contempts to criminal offences perpetrated out of the view of the ..... by fine and imprisonment at their discretion for a constructive or implied contempt not committed in the presence of the court nor ..... of the expression from these analogous principles therefore and the construction of ages we may safely argue on the present occasion .....

Piara Singh Vs. the State and anr.

Court: Punjab and Haryana

Reported in: AIR1958P& H141; 1958CriLJ673

..... in this country sustains the proposition that the affidavit on which the proceeding for a constructive contempt is based must state facts which if established would constitute the offence and that if ..... enquiry under section 176 is a court subordinate to the high court and that the constructive contempt which is alleged to have been committed in the present case is punishable under section .....

Advocate-general, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad Vs. V. Ramana Rao

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: AIR1967AP299; 1967CriLJ1470

..... to by lord erskine in the case 1806 13 ves 237 that is cases of constructive contempt depending upon the inference of an intention to obstruct the course of justice the species ..... court itself falls within the third class described in 1846 10 ir eq 93 as constructive contempt depending upon the inference of an intention to obstruct the course of justice in rex .....

In Re: S. Mulgaokar

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: (1978)3SCC339; [1978]3SCR162

..... of the court the court s jurisdiction to initiate proceedings and punish for constructive contempt suo motu crystallized in the eighteenth century even though it is clear that the ..... has serious shortcomings which demand systemic correction through socially oriented reform initiated through constructive criticism the contempt power should not be an interdict all this far from undermining the .....

Present:mr.Akshay Bhan Advocate Vs. the Publisher Times of India Chand ...

Court: Punjab and Haryana

..... refer to d jones shield versus n ramesam and others air 195 andhra 156 where constructive contempt depending upon the influence of an intention to obstruct the course of justice is also ..... publication which interferes or tends to interfere with the administration of justice amount to criminal contempt and in order to preclude such interference the provisions of that act impose reasonable restrictions .....

Dr. Subramanian Swamy Vs. Arun Shourie

Court: Supreme Court of India

..... bring the commission or any member thereof into disrepute section 10a provides the power of constructive contempt to the commission by making a reference to the high court with a right of ..... and to regulate their procedure in relation thereto section 2 a defines contempt of court to mean civil contempt or criminal contempt civil contempt is defined in section 2 b while section 2 c defines criminal .....

Fisher Vs. Pace

Court: US Supreme Court

..... 367 we narrowly restricted the power to punish summarily for constructive contempts in order to maintain freedom of press and of speech ..... compensation case petitioner was summarily convicted and sentenced for a contempt of court in a habeas corpus proceeding the state supreme court ..... sufficient to confer jurisdiction upon the court to enter the contempt order footnote 4 in other words the highest court .....

D. Jones Shield Vs. N. Ramesam and ors.

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: AIR1955AP156; 1955CriLJ1028

..... the intention either by threats or flattery or bribery to influence his decisions and iii constructive contempt depending upon inference of an intention to obstruct the course of justice 9 before 1926 ..... petitioner raised before us three points in support of his contention that the respondents committed contempt of court i respondent 1 started a parallel enquiry in regard to the subject matter .....