ORDER :

Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.

1. The petitioner seeks to challenge the constitutional validity of Rule 352 of the High Court of Chhattisgarh (Contempt of Court Proceedings) Rules, 2007 branding the same as suffers from manifest arbitrariness, illegal and beyond the rule making authority of the High Court under Section 23 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 read with Articles 225 & 227 of the Constitution of India.

2. The petitioner has sought to challenge the constitutional validity of the aforesaid rule on the following factual backdrop: -

3. In exercise of the powers conferred under Articles 225 and 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 25 of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, the High Court of Chhattisgarh has framed the rules namely, the High Court of Chhattisgarh Rules, 2007. Part (F) of Chapter XVIII of the High Court of Chhattisgarh Rules, 2007 (for short, ‘the Rules of 2007’) provides for the High Court of Chhattisgarh (Contempt of Court Proceedings) Rules, 2007. The said rules have been framed in exercise of power conferred under Section 23 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (for short, ‘the Act of 1971’). These rules prescribe the procedure of adjudica