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PETITIONER: BRAHMA PRAKASH SHARMA AND OTHERS
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/05/1953
BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H. SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ) DAS, SUDHI RANJAN HASAN, GHULAM
CITATION: 1954 AIR 10 1954 SCR 1169 CITATOR INFO : C 1954 SC 743 (4) E&F 1959 SC 102 (3) R 1962 SC1172 (29) R 1971 SC 221 (17) RF 1971 SC1132 (53,58) R 1972 SC 989 (8) D 1974 SC 710 (51) R 1978 SC 727 (42,44) F 1978 SC 921 (12,16) R 1992 SC 904 (23,54)
ACT: Contempt of Courts Act, 1926, s. 3 Reflection on condition character of Judicial Officers When amounts to contempt of court Contempt proceedings--Guiding principles Matters to be considered-Relevancy of surronuding circumstances- Jurisdiction to be sparing exeercised.
HEADNOTE: (1) Vide Vaghoji v. Camaji, I.I..R. 29 Bom. 249. 117O The object of contempt proceedings is not to afford protection to judges personally from imputations to which they maybe exposed as individuals, but is intended to be a protection to the public whose interest would be very much affected if, by the act or conduct of any party, the authority of the court is lowered and the sense of confidence which the people have in the administration of justice by it is ...