this Court in
respect of investigation or punishment of any contempt
including contempt of itself, is expressly "subject to
the provisions ... person for committing
contempt of Court and to punish him for established
contempt. The legislation itself prescribed the nature
and type, as well
ground. that the facts found by the Legislative Assembly do not amount to its contempt. Once we come to the conclusion that the Legislative Assembly ... decision of the Legislative Assembly committing the petitioner for its contempt. The legislative Assembly is the master of its own procedure and is the sole
heard, notwithstanding the fact the appellant has not purged himself of the contempt.
Chapter XII Conclusion
1. Our main conclusions and recommendations may be summarized ... Under the Constitution, Parliament is competent to legislate on contempt of courts subject only to the limitations that it cannot (i) abrogate, nullify or transfer
criminal by the State. Contempt proceedings
are essentially a matter between the court and the contemner.
Contempt jurisdiction enables the court to ensure proper
administration ... High Courts have an inherent power to
punish for contempt even dehors legislation pertaining to
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criminal by the State. Contempt proceedings
are essentially a matter between the court and the contemner.
Contempt jurisdiction enables the court to ensure proper
administration ... High Courts have an inherent power to
punish for contempt even dehors legislation pertaining to
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Supreme Court in
England. The first Indian legislation on the law of contempt, known as the
Contempt of Courts Act , was enacted in 1926. Subsequently ... motu cognizance indicate a legislative intention to
debar the High Court from taking cognizance in that mode
of any criminal contempt of a subordinate court
derives its
legislative sanctity therefrom. The power of the High
Court to punish for contempt of itself under Article 215 of
the Constitution remains intact ... Administrative Tribunals Act is a piece of legislation by
reference. The provisions of Contempt of Courts Act are
not as if lifted and incorporated
Samaraditya Pal in The Law of Contempt [Pp. 9-10,
The Law of Contempt : Contempt of Courts and Legislatures,
5th Edn., LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa, Nagpur ... terms of the provisions of the
Contempt of Courts Act and any violation of the Contempt of
Courts Act would vitiate the entire proceedings
relevant statutory provisions, it is
difficult for this Court to concede any contempt jurisdiction in favour of
the Tribunal in the absence of specific statutory ... Section 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act. It is, however, for
the Legislature vested with the power to legislate to take a call
therefore, have prima facie made themselves
liable for committing the "criminal contempt" under section
2(c) of the said ... said Alpesh
to make a call in the name of Niranjanbhai Patel, MLA, Petlad
to prejudice the mind of the Court and to mislead
