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Scandalising the Court
Scope
Criminal contempt by criticism of judges: the statutory definition, truth as a defence, and where fair criticism ends.
Authorities to start from
- Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, §§ 2(c), 5, 13
- In re Prashant Bhushan, (2021) 1 SCC 745
- E.M. Sankaran Namboodiripad v. T. Narayanan Nambiar, (1970) 2 SCC 325
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