directions along with the report of Executive Engineer, vide Annexure-P. In contempt of Court cases, the respondent-Commissioner, Bangalore City Corporation, sought various extensions ... disputes between the parties and during the pendency of the contempt petitions, the impugned legislation was passed with the alleged object of frustrating the Court
Contempt of Courts Act. Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act reads thus:
"20, Limitation for action for contempt-No Court shall initiate ... error in describing it as contempt in facie curiae. That is contempt of a different sort. This was contempt by disobedience of an order
contempt of the Supreme Court while Art. 215 relates to contempt of High Courts. Entry 14 of List-III of the Seventh Schedule covers contempt ... Entry 14 in this List reads :
"14. Contempt of Court, but not including contempt of the Supreme Court."
62. These two Entries
Schedule to the Constitution is "Contempt of Court but not including contempt of Supreme Court"...Therefore, it is competent for the Parliament ... procedure for taking action for contempt of Court and to regulate the imposition of penalty for contempt of Court includes the power to prescribe
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 the
Contempt of Courts Act are not as if lifted and
incorporated
payment of Arbitration Fees and
the same constitutes a Civil Contempt.
6. The Contempt of Court Act, 1971 was enacted
by the Parliament to define ... contempt of the
arbitral proceedings.
10. When a Parliamentary legislation prescribes a
remedy for contempt of the arbitral Tribunal and
Arbitral Tribunal
JAIN v. N.SANJIVA REDDY3
(4) A.K. SUBBIAH v. CHAIRMAN, KARNATAKA
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL4.
(5) SITA SOREN v. UNION OF INDIA5.
to buttress his submissions ... commit for contempt as is possessed by every
Court and the Courts cannot enquire into the grounds for
commitment for contempt by the Legislature
pleaded that the persons who lost
their land had filed contempt petitions viz., Contempt
Petition Nos.224-226/2005, in which an averment was
made ... Supreme Court thereupon dropped the
contempt proceeding.
5. The Commissioner of Rajarajeshwari Nagar
thereafter, a member of legislative assembly
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addressed a letter dated
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
remedy for it is reform and
punishment departmentally. Punishment under
theulaw of Contempt is called for when the lapse
is deliberate and in disregard ... Constitution.
. the contempt jurisdiction of the
C ;Supreme Court and the High Court can be
regulated by legislation by appropriate
Legislature under Entry
