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Dharna, holding a dharna by itself may not amount to contempt. But if by holding a dharna access to the courts is hindered and the officers of the court and members of the public are not allowed free ingress and egress, or the proceedings in court are otherwise disrupted, disturbed or hampered, the dharna may amount to contempt because the administration of justice would be obstructed, J.R. Parashar v. Prasant Bhashan, (2001) 6 SCC 735 (746)