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Section 2 Definitions - Contempt of Courts Act 1971

Definitions- Section 2 of Contempt of Courts Act 1971

Definitions are defined under section 2 of Contempt of Courts Act 1971. Provisions under this Section is :


 

Section 2 of Contempt of Courts Act 1971 "Notice in case of suits for anything done in pursuance of act"

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-

(a) "contempt of court" means civil contempt or criminal contempt;

(b) "civil contempt" means willful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court or willful breach of an undertaking given to a court;

(c) "criminal contempt" means the publication (whether by words, spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise) of any matter or the doing of any other act whatsoever which-

(i) scandalizes, or tends to scandalize, or lowers or tends to lower the authority of, any court; or

(ii) prejudices, or interferes or tends to interfere with, the due course of any judicial proceeding; or

(iii) interferes or tends to interfere with, or obstructs or tends to obstruct, the administration of justice in any other manner;

(d) "High Court" means the High Court for a State or a Union territory, and includes the court of the Judicial Commissioner in any Union territory.

 

CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT 1971

Section 2 Definitions

Section 3 Innocent publication and distribution of matter not contempt

Section 4 Fair and accurate report of judicial proceeding not contempt

Section 5 Fair criticism of judicial act not contempt

Section 6 Complaint against presiding officers of subordinate courts when not contempt

Section 7 Publication of information relating to proceeding in chambers or in camera not contempt except in certain cases

Section 8 Other defenses not affected

Section 9 Act not to imply enlargement of scope of contempt

Section 10 Power of High Court to punish contempt of subordinate courts

Section 11 Power of High Court to try offences committed or offenders found outside jurisdiction

Section 12 Punishment for contempt of court

Section 13 Contempt not punishable in certain cases

Section 14 Procedure where contempt is in the face of the Supreme Court or a High Court

Section 15 Cognizance of criminal contempt in other cases

Section 16 Contempt by judge, magistrate or other person acting judicially

Section 17 Procedure after cognizance

Section 18 Hearing of cases of criminal contempt to be by Benches

Section 19 Appeals

Section 20 Limitation for actions for contempt

Section 21 Act not to apply to Nyaya Panchayats or other village courts

Section 22 Act to be in addition to, and not in derogation of, other laws relating to contempt

Section 23 Power of Supreme Court and High Courts to make rules

Section 24 of Contempt of Courts Act 1971 "Repeal"

Rules To Regulate Proceedings For Contempt Of Supreme Court, 1975

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