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Volume : II, Issue : IX, October - 2012 The Concept Of Contempt Of Court In India (An Analytical Study) Omdutt and Manimala Rawat DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The rule of Law is the cornerstone of civilized life and free and fearless justice
demands an independent court. The quintessence of contempt jurisprudence is
obstruction of or interference with the administration of justice. The key to court's
authority is people's confidence in that great institution and what shakes this faith is a
blow to democracy. So, independent of royal beginnings, no democracy can be
functional if justice is jejune and lacks the power to punish whoever challenges or chokes
its authority. On fundamentals, contempt jurisdiction is basic to the rule of law. And be
you ever so high the law is above you. The court being the principal instrumentality of
law and justice, contempt power wisely understood and rightly used has a democratic
basis. This hermeneutic perspective makes contempt power a people's tower all enough
to command obedience when justice is at stake and authoritarian contumacy attacks
judicial supremacy. In the general interest of the community it is imperative that the
authority of the courts should not be imperiled and there should be no unjustifiable
entrepreneur in the administration of justice. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Omdutt and Manimala Rawat, (2012). The Concept Of Contempt Of Court In India (An Analytical Study). Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. IX, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1496.pdf References : - Fox, The History of Contempt of Court (1927), p. 1.
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