Interfere

Interfere, the word 'interfere', means in the context of the subject, any action which checks or hampers the functioning or hinders or tends to prevent the performance of duty, as stated at p. 255 of Words and Phrases (Permanent Edn.), Vol. 22. As per what has been stated in the aforesaid work at p. 147 of Vol. 29 obstruction of justice is to interpose obstacles or impediments, or to hinder, impede or in any manner interrupt or prevent the administra-tion of justice, Chandra Shashi v. Anil Kumar Verma, (1995) 1 SCC 421. [Contempt of Courts Act, 1971,

s. 2(c)]