scandalising the Courts to
undermine its authority and thereby the Advocates will
have committed contempt of Court. Lawyers have known,
at least since Mahabir Singh ... Courts may now have to
consider framing specific rules debarring Advocates, guilty
of contempt and/or unprofessional or unbecoming conduct,
from appearing before the Courts
Criminal Contempt is defined under Section 29(c) of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971 which reads as follows:
2 (c) "Criminal Contempt ... Supreme Court ruled as under:
To punish an advocate for contempt of court, no doubt must he regarded as an extreme measure, but to preserve
Contempt No. 21 of 1998 dated 3.8.1999 is quoted as below;
This criminal contempt proceeding was initiated against Sri M.P.S. Rana, Advocate ... Advocates Act clearly show that there is no absolute right to an advocate to appear in a Court. An advocate appears in a Court subject
criminal contempt However, we are primarily concerned with the issue of criminal contempt. Now barring the somewhat unusual case of contempt in facie curiam expressly ... contempt. Though we are focusing ourselves primarily on criminal contempt, the analogy of civil contempt is equally apt. If a litigant actually presents a petition
consider
whether action should be initiated against the errant Advocates under
the Contempt of Courts Act .
The Bar Council of India shall at the earliest ... courts may now have to consider
framing specific rules debarring advocates guilty of contempt
and/or unprofessional or unbecoming conduct, from appearing
before the courts
relating to Contempt of Courts the expression 'contempt of court' was not defined. However, in the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (hereinafter ... Advocate-General. A person should in the first instance approach the Advocate-Genera! for his consent, who is supposed to act judiciously. Criminal contempt
contempt--Transfer application--Allegations against judicial
official--Allegations that the Magistrate below is on
friendly relations with complainants--If amounts to
contempt.
HEADNOTE:
An advocate ... Bombay High Court finding the appellant who is
an Advocate, guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him
to simple imprisonment for a term
aside the technical objection raised by Mr.Mohan, Advocate. Section 14 of the Contempt of Courts Act reads as follows:
'14. Procedure where contempt ... common affidavit containing false and defamatory allegations, the two other Advocates have also committed contempt of court.
(i) In the common affidavit, dated 04.10.2010, paragraph
Advocate, his deputies and assistants. Under Clause 4.07 of
Chapter IV, the Government Advocate, Additional Government
Advocate, Deputy Government Advocate or Assistant Government
Advocate shall ... Contempt of Courts Act,
1971 , which deals with cognizance of criminal contempt,
provides that in the case of a criminal contempt, other than
a contempt
learned Advocate General, his Junior has filed an affidavit stating unequivocally that the Advocate General alone was responsible for initiating the contempt proceedings and that ... founded in the view of the object which the law of contempt and contempt proceedings have in view. The object is to ensure that