Filing Fabricated Evidence BeforeCourt For Gaining Unfair Advantage Amounts To Contempt of Court: Orissa High Court
Live LawThe Orissa High Court on Monday while dealing with an interim bail application held that that filing of a forged or fabricated document in the Court with a purpose of getting any relief amounts to criminal contempt within the meaning of Sec. Filing Fabricated and Forged Documents Amounts to Criminal Contempt The Court while interpreting the meaning of criminal contempt under Sec. 2 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 held that "If a forged and fabricated document is filed in Court to get some relief, the same may amount to interference with the administration of justice. On the aspect of punishment of criminal contempt, the Court observed that if the act substantially interferes or tends to interfere with the administration of justice, the same is liable to be punished.