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Supreme Court Refers Matter to Chief Justice on Advocates' Misconduct in Vexatious SLP Filing. Advocates Filed Second SLP with Incorrect Statements After Dismissal of First, Tendered Unconditional Apology, Leading to Divergent Judicial Opinions Under Supreme Court Rules, 2013.

The Supreme Court was confronted with a case involving misconduct by advocates in filing a vexatious special leave petition. The petitioner, convicted...

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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Contempt Petition for Lack of Willful Disobedience of Interim Order in RSA. Court holds that mere violation of an order without proof of willful and deliberate disobedience does not constitute contempt under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

The present contempt petition was filed by the complainants under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, alleging that the accused-co...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal by Decree-Holder in Execution Proceedings, Setting Aside Dismissal as Time-Barred. The court held that filing chamber summons and other applications constituted steps in aid of execution, extending limitation under Article 136 of the Limitation Act, 1963.

The case involves an appeal by Pratap G. Somaiya (the appellant/decree-holder) against an order dismissing his execution application as time-barred. T...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Advocate for Criminal Contempt for Abusing and Threatening Chief Judicial Magistrate. Advocate's Unbecoming Conduct of Entering Judge's Chamber and Hurling Abuses Constitutes Criminal Contempt Under Section 2(c) of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

The appellant, Rakesh Tiwari, an advocate, was convicted for criminal contempt by the High Court for his conduct on 21st December 2012 when he entered...