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Civil · Reportable judgment

Ajayinder Sangwan and Ors. vs K. K. Mohan

Court
Supreme Court of India
Date
5 February 2018
Case No.
Contempt Petition (C) No. 565 of 2018
Result
Dismissed
Bench
R.K. Agrawal, Abhay Manohar Sapre
Citation
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 600 : 2018 INSC 98
Supreme Court Reports [2018] 1 S.C.R. 600 : 2018 INSC 98
Headnote

Advocates – State Bar Councils – Elections – Application seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Bar Council of India (BCI) for alleged willful disobedience of orders passed by Supreme Court – Held: BCI has finalized the schedule for election in respective State Bar Councils – Election schedule as finalized is just and proper – No case is made out to initiate contempt proceeding against BCI – Contempt petition is dismissed – Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

As published in the Supreme Court Reports, Supreme Court of India. Text from the Indian Supreme Court Judgments open data set (Dattam Labs), CC BY 4.0.

Full Judgment Text

The Order of the Court was delivered by R. K. AGRAWAL, J. 1. This petition has been filed by the present applicants seeking initiation of proceedings under the Contempt of Courts Act 1971, for alleged willful disobedience of this Court’s order dated 14.12.2017 along with orders dated 23.08.2017 and 24.11.2017 passed in Transferred Case (C) No. 126 of 2015. 2. In the application for directions filed on behalf of the Bar Council of India (BCI) on 23.01.2018, we find that the BCI has finalized the schedule for election in respective State Bar Councils. Further, we are of the opinion that the el
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