New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court has issued a contempt notice to the Acting Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, after expressing shock over the failure to comply with its direction requiring the institution’s head to personally furnish an explanation in a pending matter concerning a DNA test report. A Bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan took strong exception to an affidavit filed by a Deputy Secretary of AIIMS instead of the…
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it would initiate contempt proceedings after “extremely vilifying and defamatory” material was allegedly circulated against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in connection with the hearing of the excise policy case involving AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and others.A single-judge Bench of Justice Sharma made the remarks while hearing a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging a trial court or…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has taken strong exception to threats made by a contemnor during virtual proceedings in a criminal contempt case initiated on a reference from a district judge, warning that such conduct would amount to “compounding of the contempt”.A Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja observed that despite specific directions requiring his physical appearance, respondent Adeeshwar Singhal failed to appear in person and instead joined the hearing …