Contempt of Courts Act, 1971

Act No. 70 of 1971 In force from 24-12-1971 Ministry of Law and Justice 24 sections

An Act to define and limit the powers of certain courts in punishing contempts of courts and to regulate their procedure in relation thereto.

222 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• State of U.P. and Ors. v. Ashok Kumar Saxena and Anr Etc.
  1998 INSC 604 February 1998Appeal(s) allowed
• The Commissioner, Agra and Ors. v. Rohtas Singh and Ors.
  1997 INSC 7999 December 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Rajasthan v. Prakash Chand and Ors.
  1997 INSC 7762 December 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• T.Deen Dayal v. The High Court of Andhra Pradesh
  1997 INSC 64710 September 1997Dismissed
• The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Through Its Registrar v. Raj Kishore Yadav and Ors.
  1997 INSC 18624 February 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• In Re: Balwan Singh v. No Respondent
  1996 INSC 137322 November 1996Disposed of
• In Re: Ajay Kumar Pandey...Contemner v. .
  1996 INSC 12835 November 1996Disposed of
• Government of A.P. and Anr. v. G. Lakshman Reddy and Anr.
  1996 INSC 12681 November 1996Dismissed
• Rita Markandey v. Surjit Singh Arora
  1996 INSC 112227 September 1996Disposed of
• Dr. D.C. Saxena v. Honble the Chief Justice of India
  1996 INSC 75319 July 1996Disposed of
• The Secretary, Hailakandi Bar Association v. State of Assam and Anr.
  1996 INSC 6589 May 1996Disposed of
• The State of West Bengal and Ors. v. Sri Kartick Chandra Das and Ors.
  1996 INSC 6246 May 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Maharashtra v. Mahboob S. Allibhoy and Anr.
  1996 INSC 50410 April 1996Dismissed
• Bombay Environmental Action Group and Anr. v. The Municipal Corpn. of Pune and Ors.
  1996 INSC 2007 February 1996Disposed of
• Afzal and Anr. v. State of Haryana and Ors.
  1996 INSC 8417 January 1996Disposed of
• In Re M.P. Dwivedi and Ors. v. .
  1996 INSC 4811 January 1996Disposed of
• P.K. Ghosh, I.As. and Anr. v. J.G. Rajput
  1995 INSC 71310 November 1995Appeal(s) allowed
• Vineet Kumar Mathur v. Union of India and Ors.
  1995 INSC 6988 November 1995Disposed of
• Dhananjay Sharma v. State of Haryana and Ors.
  1995 INSC 3342 May 1995Disposed of
• In Re: Sanjiv Datta and Ors v. In Re: Sanjiv Datta and Ors
  1995 INSC 27719 April 1995Disposed of
• In Re: Vinay Chandra Mishra (The Alleged Contemner) v. In Re : Vinay Chandra Mishra (The Alleged Contemner)
  1995 INSC 17910 March 1995Disposed of
• Delhi Development Authority v. Skipper Construction and Anr. Etc.
  1995 INSC 1058 February 1995Disposed of
• M/S. Spencer and Co. Ltd. and Anr. v. M/S. Vishwa Darshan Distributors Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.
  1994 INSC 5776 December 1994Directions issued
• Ram Avtar Shukla v. Arvind Shukla
  1994 INSC 54323 November 1994Disposed of
• Chandra Shashi v. Anil Kumar Verma
  1994 INSC 51514 November 1994Disposed of
• Sub-Commitiee on Judicial Accountability v. Justice v. Ramaswamy
  1994 INSC 47520 October 1994Dismissed
• Satyabrata Biswas and Ors v. Kalyan Kumar Kisku and Ors.
  1994 INSC 3327 January 1994Appeal(s) allowed
• Makar Dhwaj Pal and Ors. Etc. v. Smt. Neera Yadav and Anr. Etc.
  1994 INSC 14 January 1994Disposed of
• S. Nagaraj and Ors. v. State of Karnataka and Anr.
  1993 INSC 27826 August 1993Disposed of
• Captain Virender Kumar v. Union of India and Ors.
  1993 INSC 26316 August 1993Dismissed
• I. Manilal Singh v. Dr. H. Borobabu Singh and Anr.
  1993 INSC 435 February 1993Disposed of
• Major General B.M. Bhattacharjee (Retd.)Another v. Russel Estate Corporation and Anr.
  1993 INSC 414 February 1993Allowed
• State of Haryana and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Ch. Bhajan Lal and Another Etc. Etc.
  1992 INSC 35718 December 1992Dismissed
• Pritam Pal v. High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Through Registrar
  1992 INSC 5419 February 1992Dismissed
• Delhi Judicial Service Association Tis Hazari Court, Delhi Etc. Etc. v. State of Gujarat and Ors. Etc. Etc.
  1991 INSC 22511 September 1991Disposed of
• M.B. Sanghi, Advocate v. High Court of Punjab and Haryana and Ors.
  1991 INSC 16631 July 1991Dismissed
• K. Veeraswami v. Union of India and Others
  1991 INSC 16325 July 1991Dismissed
• Dr. (Mrs.) Roshan Sam Boyce v. B.R. Cotton Mills Ltd. and Ors.
  1990 INSC 1246 April 1990Appeal(s) allowed
• Firm Ganpat Ram Rajkumar v. Kalu Ram & Ors.
  1989 INSC 28822 September 1989Disposed of
• Reliance Petrochemicals Ltd. v. Proprietors of Indian Express Newspapers, Bombay Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
  1988 INSC 29723 September 1988Disposed of