https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198454 A Commission of Inquiry under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 was held not to be a Court for the purposes of the Contempt of Courts Act, because it was conferred only limited civil court powers and the statutory deeming provisions operated only for the specific offences and purposes stated in the Act. A legal fiction cannot be extended beyond its express language. The essential attribute of a court is the power to deliver a definitive or confirmable judgment, whereas the Commission functioned only as a fact-finding body assisting the Government and its findings were not subject to confirmation as a judicial decision. On that basis, publications could not be treated as contempt merely because they related to the Commission. en-us Fri, 21 Aug 1953 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:04:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198454 A Commission of Inquiry under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 was held not to be a Court for the purposes of the Contempt of Courts Act, because it was conferred only limited civil court powers and the statutory deeming provisions operated only for the specific offences and purposes stated in the Act. A legal fiction cannot be extended beyond its express language. The essential attribute of a court is the power to deliver a definitive or confirmable judgment, whereas the Commission functioned only as a fact-finding body assisting the Government and its findings were not subject to confirmation as a judicial decision. On that basis, publications could not be treated as contempt merely because they related to the Commission. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 21 Aug 1953 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198454