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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
VIKRAM AGGARWAL
Jasvir – Appellant
Versus
Sumita Misra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
VIKRAM AGGARWAL, J.
The instant contempt petition, preferred under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the “1971 Act”) read with Section 215 of the Constitution of India seeks initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for willful disobedience of the directions issued by the Supreme Court of India in the case of Arnesh Kumar V/s State of Bihar and another (2014) 8 SCC 273 and the order dated 11.07.2022 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Apex Court in Civil Misc. Application No.1849 of 2021 in SLP(Crl.)-5191-2021, titled as Satender Kumar Antil V/s CBI and another, reiterated in the case of Mohd. Asfak Alam V/s The State of Jharkhand and another, (2023) 10 SCALE 370.
2. The case set up is that FIR No.113 dated 31.03.2025 (Annexure P-8) was registered at Police Station Murthal, District Sonipat, under Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 (for short “the Arms Act”) and Sections 190, 191(3), 308(2) and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “the BNS”) against the petitioner and two others on the statement of one Sandeep Malik. The allegations were that the petitioner along with 10/12 boys armed with weapons, b
The timely and genuine apology can mitigate the consequences of contempt, and the High Court's jurisdiction is limited to punishing contempt of itself and subordinate courts.
The court clarified its inherent powers under Article 215 of the Constitution to punish for contempt and emphasized the continued applicability of the directions issued by the Apex Court in the cases....
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