Other Proceedings

Other proceedings, the whole area of proceedings, which reach the High Courts is not exhausted by classifying the proceeding as civil and criminal. There are certain proceedings which may be regarded as neither civil nor criminal. For instance, proceeding for contempt of court, and for exercise of disciplinary jurisdiction against lawyers or other professionals, such as Chartered Accountants may not fall within the classification of proceedings, civil or criminal. 'Other proceeding' in Article 132(1) falls within the residuary class of proceed-ings other than civil or criminal and such a pro-ceeding includes a revenue proceeding, S.A.L. Narayan Rao v. Ishwarlal Bhagwandas, AIR 1965 SC 1818 (1821). (Constitution of India, Article 132)