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Hypo-respect, an amount of respect lesser than that which is warranted. 'the law in the area of contempt of court must avoid the xtremes of hyper-reactivity to marginal indifference to judicial authority out of pragmatic difficulties and of hypo-respect for court commands in a cavalier spirit of 'the court has no guns'.' [Union of India v. Satish Chandra, AIR 1980 SC 600 (601), para 3]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)