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Re : Vijay Kurle & Ors. v. Re:

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Bench Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 27 April 2020

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Constitution of India – Art. 129 and 142 – Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 – s. 15 – The Rules to Regulate Proceedings for Contempt of the Supreme Court, 1975 – Powers of the Supreme Court of India in relation to dealing with contempt – The amicus curiae contended that the Supreme Court being a Court of Record is not bound by the provisions of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 – Held: bare reading of Art.129 clearly shows that Supreme Court being a Court of Record shall have all the powers of such a Court of Record including the power to punish for contempt itself – This is a Constitutional power…

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