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&amp;ldquo;The power to punish for contempt is inherent in courts of record and described as a necessary incident to every court of justice. The power is an alienable attribute of court and inheres in every court of record. This power, though inherent to the High Court, is given a constitutional status by Article 215,&amp;rdquo; said a Bench of Justices H.L. Dattu and C.K. Prasad.
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Writing the judgment, Justice Prasad said: &amp;ldquo;It [contempt power] is to secure public respect and confidence in the judicial process. Rule of law is the basic rule of governance of any civilised democratic polity. It is only through the courts that rule of law unfolds its contours and establishes its concept.&amp;rdquo;
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&amp;ldquo;The power to punish for contempt is inherent in courts of record and described as a necessary incident to every court of justice. The power is an alienable attribute of court and inheres in every court of record. This power, though inherent to the High Court, is given a constitutional status by Article 215,&amp;rdquo; said a Bench of Justices H.L. Dattu and C.K. Prasad.
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Writing the judgment, Justice Prasad said: &amp;ldquo;It [contempt power] is to secure public respect and confidence in the judicial process. Rule of law is the basic rule of governance of any civilised democratic polity. It is only through the courts that rule of law unfolds its contours and establishes its concept.&amp;rdquo;
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-The Hindu


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Greater the power to punish for contempt, higher the responsibility





Fair reporting of court proceedings and fair comments on the legal issues do not amount to contempt, the Supreme Court has ruled.





&ldquo;The power to punish for contempt is inherent in...'
$disp = '<div style="text-align: justify">-The Hindu</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Greater the power to punish for contempt, higher the responsibility</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Fair reporting of court proceedings and fair comments on the legal issues do not amount to contempt, the Supreme Court has ruled.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;The power to punish for contempt is inherent in courts of record and described as a necessary incident to every court of justice. The power is an alienable attribute of court and inheres in every court of record. This power, though inherent to the High Court, is given a constitutional status by Article 215,&rdquo; said a Bench of Justices H.L. Dattu and C.K. Prasad.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Writing the judgment, Justice Prasad said: &ldquo;It [contempt power] is to secure public respect and confidence in the judicial process. Rule of law is the basic rule of governance of any civilised democratic polity. It is only through the courts that rule of law unfolds its contours and establishes its concept.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">For the judiciary to discharge its obligations effectively and true to the spirit with which it was sacredly entrusted with the task, constitutional courts had been given the power to punish for contempt. But the greater the power, the higher the responsibility, said the Bench.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">In the instant case, H.G. Rangangoud was aggrieved by the Karnataka High Court order initiating contempt proceedings suo motu , taking a serious view of a communication sent by the State government to the Centre for grant of a mining lease in favour of a company. While the State recommended grant of the lease in favour of the appellant, the Centre issued a notification reserving the area of iron ore deposits for exploitation by the State Trading Corporation and returned the recommendation.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">A single judge of the High Court, however, quashed the notification. Even as a writ appeal was pending before a Division Bench, the State again sent a communication to the Centre for grant of the mining lease to the appellant. The Bench construed this as interference with the due course of judicial process and initiated contempt proceedings against the appellant and K. Jayachandra, then Under Secretary, Department of Commerce and Industries.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Allowing the appeal against this order, the Supreme Court said: &ldquo;Mere filing of the representation and making a recommendation thereon in no way prejudice or interfere, or tend to interfere, with the due course of any judicial proceeding. It is criminal contempt to voice opinion on a case pending in court as that would seem to influence the outcome of the matter and to prejudice the parties. However, we hasten to add that fair reporting of court proceedings and fair comments on the legal issues do not amount to contempt.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Holding that initiating contempt proceedings against the appellant and Mr. Jayachandra was not just and appropriate, and was an abuse of the process of the court, the Bench set aside the order.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div>'
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Fair reporting of court proceedings won't amount to contempt: Bench

-The Hindu   Greater the power to punish for contempt, higher the responsibility Fair reporting of court proceedings and fair comments on the legal issues do not amount to contempt, the Supreme Court has ruled. “The power to punish for contempt is inherent in courts of record and described as a necessary incident to every court of justice. The power is an alienable attribute of court and inheres in every court of record. This power, though inherent to the High Court, is given a constitutional status by Article 215,” said a Bench of Justices H.L. Dattu and C.K. Prasad. Writing the judgment, Justice Prasad said: “It [contempt power] is to secure public respect and confidence in the judicial process. Rule of law is the basic rule of governance of any civilised democratic polity. It is only through the courts that rule of law unfolds its contours and establishes its concept.” For the judiciary to discharge its obligations effectively and true to the spirit with which it was sacredly entrusted with the task, constitutional courts had been given the power to punish for contempt. But the greater the power, the higher the responsibility, said the Bench. In the instant case, H.G. Rangangoud was aggrieved by the Karnataka High Court order initiating contempt proceedings suo motu , taking a serious view of a communication sent by the State government to the Centre for grant of a mining lease in favour of a company. While the State recommended grant of the lease in favour of the appellant, the Centre issued a notification reserving the area of iron ore deposits for exploitation by the State Trading Corporation and returned the recommendation. A single judge of the High Court, however, quashed the notification. Even as a writ appeal was pending before a Division Bench, the State again sent a communication to the Centre for grant of the mining lease to the appellant. The Bench construed this as interference with the due course of judicial process and initiated contempt proceedings against the appellant and K. Jayachandra, then Under Secretary, Department of Commerce and Industries. Allowing the appeal against this order, the Supreme Court said: “Mere filing of the representation and making a recommendation thereon in no way prejudice or interfere, or tend to interfere, with the due course of any judicial proceeding. It is criminal contempt to voice opinion on a case pending in court as that would seem to influence the outcome of the matter and to prejudice the parties. However, we hasten to add that fair reporting of court proceedings and fair comments on the legal issues do not amount to contempt.” Holding that initiating contempt proceedings against the appellant and Mr. Jayachandra was not just and appropriate, and was an abuse of the process of the court, the Bench set aside the order.