Contempt Action Without Framing Of Charges Not Sustainable : SC [Read Judgment]
"The appellant ought to succeed on the singular ground that the High Court unjustly proceeded against him without framing formal charges or furnishing such charges to him", held the SC.The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction and sentence imposed by the Delhi High Court under the Contempts of Court Act 1971, holding, inter-alia, that formal charges were not framed against the. "The appellant ought to succeed on the singular ground that the High Court unjustly proceeded against him without framing formal charges or furnishing such charges to him", held the SC. The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction and sentence imposed by the Delhi High Court under the Contempts of Court Act 1971, holding, inter-alia, that formal charges were not framed against the person. "As a matter of fact, the appellant ought to succeed on the singular ground that the High Court unjustly proceeded against him without framing formal charges or furnishing such charges to him; and more so because filing of affidavit by the appellant was supported by contemporaneous official record, which cannot be termed as an attempt to obstruct the due course of administration of justice.
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