Court Has To Confine Itself To The Four Corners Of 'Disobeyed' Order While Exercising Contempt Jurisdiction: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

8 Feb 2019 8:46 AM IST

  • Court Has To Confine Itself To The Four Corners Of Disobeyed Order While Exercising Contempt Jurisdiction: SC [Read Judgment]

    "In the contempt jurisdiction, the court has to confine itself to the four corners of the order alleged to have been disobeyed."

    The Supreme Court has reiterated that, while exercising the contempt jurisdiction, the court has to confine itself to the four corners of the order alleged to have been disobeyed. The bench comprising Justice R. Banumathi and Justice R. Subhash Reddy made this observation in an appeal (Er. K. Arumugam vs. V. Balakrishnan) challenging a Madras High Court order in a contempt case,...

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