Section 10 in The Contempt Of Courts Act, 1971
10. Power of High Court to punish contempts of subordinate courts.—
Every High Court shall have ... contempts of itself: Provided that no High Court shall take cognizance of a contempt alleged to have been committed in respect of a court subordinate
conferred by law. (4)
Assumption of contempt jurisdiction with regard to contempt
of subordinate and inferior courts on the interpretation of
Article ... power in taking cognizance of the contempt of subordi-
nate courts, as ordinarily matters relating to contempt of
subordinate courts must be dealt with
Contempt of Courts, Act, 1971 defines "contempt of court" to mean civil contempt or criminal contempt. Section 2(b) defines "Civil Contempt ... contempt is an offence punishable under the Indian Penal Code . The "Contempt of Court Rules, 1980" regulate proceedings for contempt of Subordinate Courts
inherent right as such to punish for contempt of itself. It derives power to punish contempts of subordinate Courts under Sections ... inherent power to deal with the contempts of itself as an institution and contempt of subordinate Court should not be exercised whenever a violation
punish its own contempt. Section 10 confers the same jurisdiction on the High Court to punish the contempt of subordinate Court as it possesses ... punish its own contempt but also preserves to it or confers the power to punish the contempt of a subordinate Court. Therefore, if anything contained
contempt of court" means civil contempt or criminal
contempt;
(b) "civil contempt" means wilful disobedience to any judgment,
decree, direction, order, writ ... Cognizance of criminal contempt in other cases.
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(1) In the case of a criminal contempt, other than a contempt
referred to in section
defines "contempt of Court", and this clause says that contempt of Court means civil contempt or criminal contempt. Clauses ... other contempts and they would include not only contempts of High Court and Supreme Court but contempts in relation to the subordinate Courts. Undoubtedly what
High
Court to punish for contempt and the doubts whether the High Court
could punish for Contempt of Court subordinate to it were removed ... deals not only with criminal contempt but also with civil contempt. It
applies not only to the contempt committed in the face of the High
Section 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act under the head 'Power of High Court to punish contempts of subordinate courts ... criminal contempt in other cases'. It is clear that the High Court has power of taking cognizance of criminal contempt of a subordinate court
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ACT:
Contempt of Courts Act 1971, S. 15(2) -Scope of Contempt
of Subordinate or inferior Court-Whether High Court can take ... cases of `criminal contempt' of the Supreme Court or the
High Court, itself. Criminal contempt of a subordinate court
is dealt with
