Third Party Has No Locus Standi To Present Civil Contempt Petition: Karnataka HC (DB) [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court in Shamshuddin vs. Haris MY, has held that a third party has no locus standi to present a petition to initiate action for civil contempt under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.In the instant case, though the administrator of a masjid was arrayed as a respondent to the writ petition, the contempt petition was filed by one Shamshuddin in his personal name and in...