In re District Magistrate Rajnandgaon Contemner

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1975 Supreme(Online)(MP) 5

MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT
Unnamed Judge, J
In re District Magistrate Rajnandgaon Contemner

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1. contempt proceedings initiated due to non-compliance with court order. (Para 1 , 2)
2. counsel justified the contemner’s actions as neither contemptuous nor disobedient. (Para 3 , 4 , 5)
3. contemner's false statements and justifications were unacceptable. (Para 6 , 10)
4. court outlined criteria for accepting apologies in contempt cases. (Para 12 , 14)
5. contemner convicted but punishment remitted based on immaturity. (Para 15 , 16)

1. The present contempt proceedings against contemner, Arun Kshetrapal, District Magistrate, Rajnandgaon, arise out of his refusal to comply with this Court's order dated 1-8-1975 in a pending habeas corpus petition and as a consequence of a crash wireless message dated 6-8-1975 addressed by him to the Registrar of this Court in that connection.

2. A detenu, Vidhya Bhushan Thakur, has challenged the validity of his detention passed by the contemner under S.3(1)(a) of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act , 1971, in the habeas corpus petition (M. P. No. 700 of 1975) under Art.226 of the Constitution of India in which the contemner is a party as respondent No. 1. This Court vide its order dated 1-8-1975 in that petition had directed prod