Contempt of Courts Act : Fair and accurate report of judicial proceeding not contempt. Indian Bare Acts

Contempt of Courts Act,1971

Act No : 70

Section : Fair and accurate report of judicial proceeding not contempt.

4. Fair and accurate report of judicial proceeding not contempt.Subject to the provisions contained in section 7, a person shall not be guilty of contempt of court for publishing a fair and accurate report of a judicial proceeding or any stage thereof.

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Prakash Yedhula wrote on 03 May 2009

Before a party to a litigation may be heard in support of its case, it must punge itself of the contempt that tends to impede the course of justice by the contempt that has to be punged should be an admitted or proved contempt and not merely an alleged contempt.—Arun Tandon v. Insurance Co. Ltd. 1983 Cr.LJ 459

Prakash Yedhula wrote on 03 May 2009

Reading s. 4 with the provision of s. 7 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, it is clear that what is meant by the words “judicial proceedings” is day to day proceeding of the court. Assuming though not granting that it is capable of a wider construction, it only permits a publication of “fair and accurate” report of a judicial proceeding.—Subash Chandra v. S.M. Agarwal 1984 CrLJ 481

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