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Party sending the message to judge and the party conveying it, were both guilty of contempt of Court
IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES PIFFARD ETC.', (1864) 1 Hyd 79, a barrister, offended by the use of a strong expression on the part of a judge while sitting in Court, sent an officer to the judge's private' residence upon a pacific errand to ask for an explanation. The matter was heard by a Bench of eleven judges, Sir Barnes Peacock, C. J. presiding. It was held by nine judges out of eleven that the party sending the message and the party conveying it, were both guilty of contempt of Court.
95. The letter must be read as a whole and to justify a committal for contempt, there must be evidence in the letter itself. (See 'ANDRE PAUL TERENCE AMBARD v. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO', (1936) 1 All E R 704).
Calcutta High Court
In Re: Sudhir Chandra Ray ... vs Unknown on 4 September, 1951
Equivalent citations: AIR 1952 Cal 258, 56 CWN 51
Bench: Harries, Chakravartti, Banerjee
