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The Kerala High Court tried him for criminal contempt after receiving a complaint from a person who heard the speech, but found him not guilty of the charges. [32] [33] In 1997, Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray was convicted of contempt of court by the Bombay High Court, after he accused a judge of corruption in a public speech. The Supreme Court ...
Issue writs or grant relief which ought to be granted by high court. Comment on legitimacy of statute. Must presume legal validity of the provisions of Act and Rules. Punish for its own contempt (must forward it to high court for its consideration). Act as a court (as it is a tribunal and cannot be equated to a court.
Although an inquiry officer appointed by the High Court cleared her of any wrongdoing, the Bombay High Court confirmed the finding of contempt. The Supreme Court of India allowed an appeal by Prabhudessai and removed certain comments made by the High Court, about her performance as a judge, from the record. The case was dismissed, with the ...
India's Supreme Court has said that authorities cannot demolish homes merely because a person has been accused of a crime and has laid down strict guidelines for any such action. The ruling comes ...
The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), and is one of the oldest high courts in India. [ 1 ]
The Court struck down the rebuttal of the Government that it would help small newspapers to grow [how?]. In Romesh Thapar v. State of Madras (1950), entry and circulation of the English journal "Cross Road", printed and published in Bombay, was banned by the Government of Madras. The same was held to be violative of the freedom of speech and ...
The Indian High Courts Act 1861 [1] [2] (24 & 25 Vict. c. 104) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to authorize the Crown to create High Courts in the Indian colony. [3] Queen Victoria created the High Courts in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay by Letters Patent in 1862.
Bombay High Court: 14 August 1862: Indian High Courts Act 1861: Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra: Mumbai: Aurangabad, [A] Nagpur, [A] Panaji [A] 94 71 23 Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya: 4 Calcutta High Court: 2 July 1862: Indian High Courts Act 1861: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal: Kolkata: Port Blair [B ...