Supreme Court of India

Mohammad Idris and Anr. v. Rustam Jahangir Babuji and Others.

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Bench O. Chinnappa Reddy J.
Decided 22 August 1984

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the Single Judge was quite right in giving appropriate directions to close the breach.

Judgment, page 3

From the headnote

The two petitioners in the Special Leave Petition were committed to the civil jail for a period of one month by Single Judge of the High Court under the Contempt of Courts Act 1971, as they had acted in breach of an undertaking given by them in a suit pending in the High Court. The appeal preferred by the petitioners under Section 19(1) of the Act to a Division Bench was dismissed. In the Special Leave Petition it was contended on behalf of the petitioners that : though the petition had been filed under Article 136 the petitioners have, in law, an appeal as of right under Section 19(1), and…

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