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In Re: Court of Its Own Motion v. K. S. Sethi, Cr. O. 49 of 1967, decided on 23-11-1967 :(AIR 1968 Delhi 248), a Full Bench of this Court observed that Article 215 of the Constitution Rives every High Court the right and power to punish a contempt of itself. Contempt, according to this decision, may consist of conduct which prejudices the parties or the witnesses during litigation or it may consist of conduct which brings the authority and administration of law in disrespect or disregard or it may tend to impede, embarrass or obstruct the Court in discharge of its duties. This decision was unsuccessfully assailed in the Supreme Court. As recently as November, 1968, a Full Bench of this Court convicted Shri R. K. Dalmia for contempt of Court (Cr. O. 55 of 1968), though that was undoubtedly a clear-cut case and the counsel did nto raise any objection similar to those raised before us. I need nto refer to the innumerable decisions of other High Courts except to a recent full Bench decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in S. Sher Singh v. Raghu Pati Kapur, in which all conceivable grounds were urged by the alleged contemner in his challenge to the law providing for punishing for the offence of contempt of Court. It has been observed in this decision that hiso far as the offence of contempt of Court is concerned, the essence of the matter is the tendency to interfere with the due course of justice. It is unnecessary to refer in detail to the exhaustive judgment prepared by Mehar Singh, C. J.