Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Contempt of Courts Act action on part of the contemnor in disbursing the amount of US$ 40 million against the text and tenor of orders passed by the High Court and the contemnor guilty of contempt – Orders regarding punishment for contempt and purging of contempt 1971: s. 12 – Punishment for contempt of court – Purging of contempt – On facts |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 |
Case Type | Contempt Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Others |
Headnote | Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: s. 12 – Punishment for contempt of court – Purging of contempt – On facts, action on part of the contemnor in disbursing the amount of US$ 40 million against the text and tenor of orders passed by the High Court and the contemnor guilty of contempt – Orders regarding punishment for contempt and purging of contempt – Held: Apart from punishing the contemnor for his contumacious conduct, the majesty of law may demand that appropriate directions be issued by the court so that any advantage secured as a result of such contumacious conduct is completely nullified – Approach may require the court to pass directions either for reversal of the transactions in question by declaring said transactions to be void or passing appropriate directions to the concerned authorities to see that the contumacious conduct on the part of the contemnor does not continue to enure to the advantage of the contemnor or any one claiming under him – On facts, to meet the ends of justice, the concept of purging of the contempt would call for complete disgorging of all the benefits secured as a result of actions found by the court to be contumacious – Thus, adequate punishment to be imposed upon the Contemnor and must also pass necessary directions – Since the Contemnor never showed any remorse nor tendered any apology for his conduct, sentence of four months and fine of Rs. 2,000/- imposed upon the Contemnor – Directions to the Government of India to secure the presence of the Contemnor to undergo the imprisonment imposed upon him – Further issuance of direction that the transactions referred to, in terms of which the amount of US$ 40 million was disbursed to the beneficiaries, the said order is held to be void and inoperative; and the Contemnor and the beneficiaries under said transactions to deposit the amount received along with interest at the rate of 8 % p.a. with the Recovery Officer within the stipulated period. |
Judge | Honble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit |
Neutral Citation | 2022 INSC 700 |
Petitioner | State Bank Of India And Ors |
Respondent | Dr. Vijay Mallya |
SCR | [2022] 15 S.C.R. 384 |
Judgement Date | 2022-07-11 |
Case Number | 421-424 |
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