https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198052 Criminal contempt requires conduct calculated to obstruct or prejudice the due course of justice; a judicial officer is not liable merely because an order is wrong, irregular, or beyond jurisdiction if made in good faith without wilful intent to defeat justice. The Court found that the absence of a stay, the earlier refusal of interim relief, and the Magistrate's explanation that he acted on a High Court order indicating urgency negatived any deliberate design to obstruct the revision proceedings. The act was treated as an erroneous exercise of judgment rather than contumacious conduct, so the conviction and sentence for contempt were set aside. en-us Fri, 30 Jan 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:14:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198052 Criminal contempt requires conduct calculated to obstruct or prejudice the due course of justice; a judicial officer is not liable merely because an order is wrong, irregular, or beyond jurisdiction if made in good faith without wilful intent to defeat justice. The Court found that the absence of a stay, the earlier refusal of interim relief, and the Magistrate's explanation that he acted on a High Court order indicating urgency negatived any deliberate design to obstruct the revision proceedings. The act was treated as an erroneous exercise of judgment rather than contumacious conduct, so the conviction and sentence for contempt were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 30 Jan 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198052