The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Manjeri has issued a show cause notice under the Contempt of Courts Act to Perinthalmanna MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram for allegedly obstructing a court-appointed advocate commissioner sent to take possession of a house.
A Supreme Court advocate has written to the Attorney General for India seeking his consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging wilful disobedience of Supreme Court judgments on the functioning of the Election Commission. The request, based on a news report of internal objections by two Election Commissioners, remains at the consent stage; no contempt case has been filed, the allegations are untested, and the ECI has denied any rift.
The Delhi High Court has directed the CBI to issue a Red Corner Notice through INTERPOL against a contemnor who has remained outside India and has not appeared despite non-bailable warrants. The Court also directed the Ministry of External Affairs to inform the authorities in the United States, where his IP address was traced, and ordered the Cyber Cell to ascertain the location from which he joined the proceedings virtually.
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 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.
