Hari Krishan vs Shri Narotam Dutt Shastri on 25 September, 1974
8. There was a cleavage of opinion on whether the High Courts could also punish for contempt of the Subordinate Courts. The Madras High Court in Thorburn v. K. Venkata Rao (1900) 10 Mad LJ 316 the Bombay High Court in In re M. K. Gandhi, 22 Bom LR 368 : 21 Cri LJ 835 (FB) and the Allahabad High Court in Abdul Hasan Jauhu ILR 48 All 711 : (AIR 1926 All 623 (FB)) took the view that the High Courts possess that power.