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Sabotaging no-trust vote against Imran would imply contempt of court: Bila
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): While addressing the Pakistan National Assembly, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday said that sabotaging the no-trust motion would imply contempt of court.
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Moscow court sentences Kremlin critic Navalny to 9 years in prison
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 22 (ANI): A Russian court on Tuesday, sentenced Opposition figure Alexey Navalny to nine years to prison and fined him 1.2 million rubles (USD 11,527) in separate criminal cases of fraud and contempt of court in a move that is being seen as a crackdown on the Kremlin c
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On contempt petition, Delhi HC issued notice to Law Secretary, other offic
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has issued notice on the plea seeking initiation of Contempt of Court proceedings against the Law Secretary of India and other officials of different departments of the Union of India for allegedly non-compliance of a court order reg
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Dnyandev Wankhede files affidavit before Bombay HC alleging Nawab Malik co
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 7 (ANI): Dnyandev Wankhede, father of Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai unit chief Sameer Wankhede, has filed an affidavit before the Bombay High Court alleging that Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik has committed contempt of court as he continued to giv
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Attorney General declines permission to initiate contempt proceedings agai
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): The Attorney General of India KK Venugopal has refused to grant consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Tripura's Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb for his remarks allegedly made against the authority of courts.
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Court's power of contempt can't be taken away even by legislative enactmen
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): While observing that the Court's power to punish for contempt cannot be taken away even by legislative enactment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held the chairperson of a non-profit organisation (NGO) guilty of contempt of court for not depositing Rs 25
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Do not fear contempt of court, work for people: Tripura CM tells officials
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], September 27 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has sparked a controversy after he asked civil service officials and executives to work for the people without "worrying about contempt of court" as the government is not run by the court.
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SC pulls up Centre over reducing terms of members, Chairmen of Tribunals u
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Expressing its strongest displeasure over the way the Centre had enacted the Tribunal Reforms Act by reducing the terms of members and Chairmen of Tribunals, the Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Centre and said that the Central government has no res
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Andhra HC sentences 5 IAS officers to jail terms, imposes fines for contem
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 2 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday sentenced five Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in the state to jail terms for contempt of court and also imposed penalties on them.
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SC to hear petitions seeking to initiate contempt of court against RBI Gov
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): Supreme Court on Thursday would hear a batch of petitions seeking to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the RBI Governor, Shaktikant Das, Chief Executive of Indian Banks Association (IBA) and others concerned for allegedly flouting the apex c
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta refuses to initiate contempt proceedings ag
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta on Saturday refused to grant his consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju for his alleged remarks on the fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi extradition
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Delhi HC sends show cause contempt notice to SDM over sending notice to in
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has issued a show cause notice to the sub-divisional magistrate of the SDM South West district, asking why contempt proceedings must not be initiated against him for sending notices at the residence of one of the petitioners with refer
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