https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175537 A tribunal deciding a dispute on notice, pleadings, evidence and hearing, with powers to summon witnesses, compel documents, examine on oath and render a binding determination of disputed rights, may function as a court for contempt purposes. The Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies was held to satisfy those attributes. For contempt jurisdiction, subordination to the High Court was treated as judicial subordination under constitutional supervision, not merely procedural hierarchy, so the Assistant Registrar was subordinate to the High Court. Language imputing mala fides, discrimination and lack of judicial probity was found unfair, intemperate and lacking good faith, and therefore contemptuous. The conviction for contempt was sustained. en-us Mon, 13 Mar 1967 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:36:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175537 A tribunal deciding a dispute on notice, pleadings, evidence and hearing, with powers to summon witnesses, compel documents, examine on oath and render a binding determination of disputed rights, may function as a court for contempt purposes. The Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies was held to satisfy those attributes. For contempt jurisdiction, subordination to the High Court was treated as judicial subordination under constitutional supervision, not merely procedural hierarchy, so the Assistant Registrar was subordinate to the High Court. Language imputing mala fides, discrimination and lack of judicial probity was found unfair, intemperate and lacking good faith, and therefore contemptuous. The conviction for contempt was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 13 Mar 1967 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175537