Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Contempt of Courts Act 1971 - s. 20 - Suo motu |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 - s. 20 - Suo motu initiation of contempt proceedings - Period of limitation - Publication of article authored by the third appellant in a magazine wherein names of judges allegedly involved in the case incorporated - Application by advocate before the High Court for initiating contempt proceedings on its own motion since the article caused insult to the higher judiciary - Petition placed before the Single Judge and thereafter, the Chief Justice - Four years later matter listed before the Division Bench of the High Court - High Court initiated suo motu action, and name of the petitioner was not to be shown in the cause list - On appeal, held: Article having been published in 2008 . and the High Court having initiated the suo motu action only in 2015, the same is hit by the limitation of one year - Action uls. 15 was initiated suo motu by the High Court - It was said that the name of the petitioner is not to be shown in the cause list - Apparently, it can only he suo motu because the application filed by the advocates, is without the consent in writing of the Advocate General - Only application other than by the Advocate General, contemplated uls. 15, is the motion made by any person with the consent in writing of the Advocate General - Constitution of India - Arts.129 and 215. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph |
Neutral Citation | 2016 INSC 480 |
Petitioner | Maheshwar Peri & Others |
Respondent | High Court Of Judicature At Allahabad Through Registrar General |
SCR | [2016] 3 S.C.R. 213 |
Judgement Date | 2016-06-30 |
Case Number | 549 |
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