https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169476 An administrative inquiry by a special committee into alleged malpractice by corporation servants was held not to amount to contempt where it merely overlapped factually with pending criminal proceedings and did not allege conduct aimed at suborning witnesses, obstructing evidence, or otherwise prejudicing the trial. The majority treated the inquiry as serving a distinct administrative purpose, with no real tendency to interfere with justice. The charge of contempt therefore failed, while the dissent considered the inquiry directly threatening the due course of justice. The controlling principle stated is that an administrative inquiry constitutes contempt only if it is intended or calculated to prejudice pending proceedings or obstruct justice. en-us Fri, 13 Jan 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:22:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169476 An administrative inquiry by a special committee into alleged malpractice by corporation servants was held not to amount to contempt where it merely overlapped factually with pending criminal proceedings and did not allege conduct aimed at suborning witnesses, obstructing evidence, or otherwise prejudicing the trial. The majority treated the inquiry as serving a distinct administrative purpose, with no real tendency to interfere with justice. The charge of contempt therefore failed, while the dissent considered the inquiry directly threatening the due course of justice. The controlling principle stated is that an administrative inquiry constitutes contempt only if it is intended or calculated to prejudice pending proceedings or obstruct justice. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 13 Jan 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169476