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The Court clarified that Supreme Court has no administrative control over the administration of the High Court or the Judges of the High Court. The Court firmly stated that High Court Judges are also Constitutional functionaries, and they enjoy the same immunity as is enjoyed by a Judge of the Supreme Court.
The cause of action to file the present petition arose when respondent 1 failed to pay the balance amount to the petitioner by 31-12-2012 as per clause (vi) of the compromise agreement based on which the consent decree dated 01-06-2009 was passed.
by B. Shravanth Shanker† and Monalisa Kosaria††
Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of P Naveen Rao and M G Priyadarshini, JJ. dismissed the petition and held that contempt
Delhi High Court: Whether the third party can be absolved from contempt if they are informed that their conduct would violate the
“Merely because a subordinate official acted in disregard of an order passed by the Court, a liability cannot be fastened on a higher official in the absence of knowledge.”
by Nihit Singhal†
Karnataka High Court: While dismissing a petition presented to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the accused for wilful disobedience of Karnataka High
Supreme Court: In the case where the appellant was unable to produce documents before the Court as the same were destroyed due