Court subordinate to the High Court as contempted under Section 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act, it may be noted that the Division Bench ... Court subordinate for the purpose of exercising contempt jurisdiction under Section 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act. In the case of S.R. Patel
these petitioners have approached this Court by preferring these contempt petitions under the Contempt Act so as to initiate the proceedings under the Contempt Act ... contempt of itself."
Therefore, the powers to punish for the contempt are conferred upon the High Court by the Constitution. Therefore, the Contempt Act
CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971
2. Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires, -
(a) XXX XXX XXX
(b) ―civil contempt‖ means wilful disobedience ... contempt is within or outside such limits.
12. Punishment for contempt of court. - (1) Save as otherwise
expressly provided in this Act
Act.
The maximum punishment that can be awarded is, however, laid down in the Act. Act 12 of 1937 merely amends the Contempt of Courts ... Chand and Ram Chandra in their books on Contempts of Court), that contempt is an act made punishable under a law for the time being
having committed wilful contempt of the Court and to punish the Respondents as per the provisions of Contempt of Courts Act .
2. This ... contempt is committed by any person and the High Court, in turn, will deal with such contempt as if it were the contempt of itself
initiation of criminal contempt under Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 by any person without the written consent of the Advocate General ... case of a criminal contempt other than a contempt referred to in Section 14 of the Act, the High Court may take action
courts of
record.
19. The first contempt legislation relating to contempt of courts is the Contempt of
Courts Act, 1926 . This Act preserves the existing ... court
including the power to punish for contempt of itself."
23. Thereafter, the Contempt of Courts Act, 1952 was enacted to define and limit
objective, there are also constitutional provisions dealing with contempt of Courts, apart from Contempt of Courts Act . Under Article 215 of the Constitution of India ... power of the High Court to punish for contempt which power, dehors the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 is enshrined in Article
defines "contempt of court" to mean civil contempt or criminal contempt. Section 2(b) defines "Civil Contempt" to mean willful disobedience ... which contempt is committed, it would amount to initiation of contempt proceedings within limitation under Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act. The limitation
contempt of itself. It derives power to punish contempts of subordinate Courts under Sections 10 and 15(2) of the Contempt of Courts Act ... Supreme Court constituted 'criminal contempt' under Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, since such act undermined the authority
