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2024 Supreme(Online)(SC) 4789

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
KUSHA DURUKA – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF ODISHA – Respondent


JUDGEMENT

RAJESH BINDAL, J.

Leave granted.

2. This is another case in which an effort has been made to pollute the stream of administration of justice.

3. About three decades ago, this Court in Chandra Shashi v.

Anil Kumar Verma1 was faced with a situation where an attempt was made to deceive the Court and interfere with the administration of justice. The litigant was held to be guilty of contempt of court. It was 1 (1995) 1 SCC 421 Digitally signed by POOJA SHARMA Date: 2024.01.19 16:57:27 IST Reason:

    Signature Not Verified a case in which husband had filed fabricated document to oppose the prayer of his wife seeking transfer of matrimonial proceedings.
    Finding him guilty of contempt of court, he was sentenced to two weeks’ imprisonment by this Court. This Court observed as under:
    "1.
    The stream of administration of justice has to remain unpolluted so that purity of court's atmosphere may give vitality to all the organs of the State. Polluters of judicial firmament are, therefore, required to be well taken care of to maintain the sublimity of court's environment; so also to enable it to administer justice fairly and to the satisfaction of all concerned.

2. Anyone wh











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