A Maharashtra Magistrate has issued a show-cause contempt notice to the Divisional Railway Manager, Nanded Division, over the failure to replace bed-bug-infested sofas in the VIP room at the Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar railway station and to carry out pest control, despite an earlier direction. The Judge noted that High Court judges who wait in the room had been sitting in their cars instead, and directed the officer to appear in person on September 30.
After a Delhi High Court order to release an undertrial on parole went unimplemented, and a later order imposing conditions was defied on the ground that it had not come ‘directly from the court’, the High Court drew contempt proceedings against the Tihar Jail Superintendent. It held that keeping a man behind bars despite a constitutional court’s release order, on a condition the court never imposed, violated his rights under Articles 14 and 21.
The Supreme Court declined to stay contempt proceedings against a Maharashtra judicial officer who allegedly shouted at the Bombay High Court, remarking “let him repent” and calling the conduct “gross indiscipline,” while issuing notice on his plea and asking the High Court not to finalise the matter before the next date. New Delhi: The Supreme […]
A BJP leader has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking criminal contempt proceedings against Cockroach Janta Party co-convener Saurav Das over an X post that, the petition alleges, imputed political motives to a recent judgment and scandalised the Court. Chandigarh: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has approached the Punjab and Haryana High […]
The Delhi High Court dismissed a husband’s appeal against his contempt conviction, holding that ongoing settlement negotiations cannot excuse non-compliance with binding court orders. The Court upheld directions concerning his passport and reaffirmed the obligation to fulfil maintenance-related financial responsibilities pending resolution of disputes.
The Delhi High Court directed removal of additional videos uploaded by Dr. Kapil Kakkar containing allegations against a sitting High Court judge and linking the judge to the Saket building collapse deaths. The order was passed during proceedings in a criminal contempt petition initiated by the Delhi High Court Bar Association.
