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Punishment Includes Power To Forgive | Contempt Powers Not Meant To Shield Judges Or Silence Criticism: SC 

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The Supreme Court held that contempt powers are not meant to shield judges or silence criticism, stressing that punishment includes the power to forgive. The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta set aside a Bombay High Court judgment that had sentenced a former housing society director to one week’s simple imprisonment for…

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Mariya Paliwala
Mariya Paliwalahttps://www.jurishour.in/
Mariya is the Senior Editor at Juris Hour. She has 7+ years of experience on covering tax litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals including CESTAT, ITAT, NCLAT, NCLT, etc. Mariya graduated from MLSU Law College, Udaipur (Raj.) with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. She started her career as a freelance tax reporter in the leading online legal news companies.

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