Rules to Regulate Proceedings for Contempt of the Supreme Court, 1975

The petitioners alleged that three respondents organised a dharna outside the Supreme Court on 30 December 2000, shouted abusive slogans attacking the integrity of the judges and assaulted the petitioners to pressure the Court into favouring their Narmada dam case. The respondents filed affidavits denying that any cont…

Vishal Jeet, claiming to be an advocate, filed a fresh contempt petition (CRL No. D4I06 of 1998) against the Union of India and others, alleging that he had been denied membership of the Central Advisory Committee. An earlier contempt petition (No. 1/1994) on the same grievance had been dismissed by the Supreme Court. …

The Supreme Court heard a suo moto contempt petition against Perry Kansagra, a Kenyan citizen of Indian origin who had obtained custody of his son Aditya through Indian courts based on undertakings to submit to the jurisdiction of Indian courts and to comply with court orders, including obtaining a "mirror order" from …

The Supreme Court examined a contempt petition filed by Rajeshwar Singh, an Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate, who alleged that respondents including Subrata Roy Sahara were intimidating him and attempting to derail the court‑monitored investigation into the 2G Spectrum scam. The petitioner invoked Arti…

The Supreme Court heard a contempt petition filed by I. Manilal Singh, Secretary of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, who alleged that Dr. H. Borobabu Singh, the Speaker of the Assembly, had ordered his compulsory retirement as retaliation for implementing the Court’s earlier orders quashing the disqualification of cer…