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E.T. Sen (Retd.) vs Edatata Narayanan And Ors. on 12 December, 1968 cites

Surat Singh vs Des Raj Chowdhry on 25 October, 1967

In Surat Singh v. Des Raj Chowdhry, 1968 Delhi Lt 1 (FB), the power of this Court to punish for contempt has been stated to be inherent in its character as a Court of Record and the recognition of this power under Article 215 of the Constitution has been noticed. After referring to Article 19(1)(a) and Article 19(2) of the Constitution, it has been pointed out that neither the Constitution nor any other law contemplates any exemption or a saving provision in favor of the press or the profession of journalism as such, with the result that the freedom of speech and expression as guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) has been held to be available to all citizens in an equal degree without conferring any greater privilege on the press or the journalists. This, however, does nto by any means affect the high esteem in which free civilized democratic society like ours holds independent and public-spirited journalists to express their views fearlessly but rationally in sober and restrained language. It has further been pointed out in this decision that though contempt of Court has nto been defined either in the Constitution or in any other statute, its concept is now very well settled. "Contempt by speech or writing", it has been pointed put: "may be by scandalising the Court by itself or by abusing parties to actions, or by prejudicing mankind in favor of on against a party before the cause is heard because in the last-mentioned instance, injurious misrepresentation concerning litigating parties may induce them to discontinue the action or to compromise or may deter other persons, with good causes or actions, from approaching the Court. And then, it may also tend to influence in a subtle or subconscious manner the judicial thinking on the part of the Court."
Delhi High Court Cites 10 - Cited by 4 - I D Dua - Full Document

S. Sher Singh S/O S. Hukam Singh vs Raghu Pati Kapur And Anr. on 3 April, 1967

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.
Punjab-Haryana High Court Cites 25 - Cited by 3 - A N Grover - Full Document
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