1. Introduction:
In his seminal book 'On the Rule of Law, History, Politics and Theory', the learned author Brian Z Tamanaha observes that the apparent unanimity in support of the rule of law is a feat unparalleled in history and that no other single political ideal has ever achieved global endorsement. Reminding us of the ideological abuse and general over - use of what has now become a contested concept of rule of law, albeit only in some schools of jurisprudence, the learned author has stressed that the principle of 'sovereignty of laws' has subordinated the principle of 'popular sovereignty'

2. Exasperated at the mounting contempt cases, the erstwhile High Court of Andhra Pradesh, per me, has observed in A. Suseelamma and Others v. District Educational Officer and Others , 2014 (4) ALD 537 thus:
“It has become a rule, rather than an exception, that a litigant, having obtained an order from a Constitutional Court, is not sure of the order bearing the fruit of relief in actual terms. Every litigant is compelled, under varied circumstances, to knock the doors of the Court repeatedly with the same cause. The insouciant attitude of certain officials has reduced the solemn constitution