In another instance of derogatory statement on judiciary, Justice Bharucha2 in 2001 in a speech during law day function, he said at a conference in Delhi in February, “20 per cent of Indian judicial officers, i.e, judges in the lower courts, were corrupt”Ī Petition for initiating contempt proceeding was dismissed by the Rajasthan court noting that “courts were not supposed to be too sensitive to stretch the law of contempt too far“īut in E.M. The honourable court dropped the proceeding by adopting a charitable attitude. The Maharashtra Government will soon publish a book showing how many works are lying pending due to stay orders of the Court”Ĭontempt proceeding was initiated against the minister but the honourable Bombay court held that they need not pursue the matter further and decide as to whether the impugned speech constitutes a contempt. Courts grant stay orders frequently due to which it becomes impossible for the Government to carry out works of public benefit in time. “Under the present judicial system even criminals are given benefit of doubt and are acquitted if there are no witnesses or if they turn hostile. Chandrakant Tripathi and Others1 The State Minister Chandrakant Tripathi made a statement at an inaugural function – One such case was The State of Maharashtra vs. The defamatory statements against the judiciary are not uncommon in our country. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH SOME INDIAN CASES AND WITH LAWS IN US AND UK

Whether such traditional reasoning should guard the existence of contempt law in a modern democratic country is a different topic of discussion but the present article is aimed at comparing some Indian cases of contempt of court and comparison of Indian law with US and UK in regard to the law of contempt.

Thus disgrace or disregard of the rule of law or offence against the dignity of a court or a judge commonly known as Contempt of Court was considered an insult to the King himself. The concept contempt of court has its origin in England where the law of contempt of court was linked to kingship and sovereignty as the judges administering justice derived the authority from the King and sat in the courts to administer justice in King’s name.

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