https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291395 A subordinate criminal court cannot itself initiate contempt proceedings or issue a show-cause notice against police officials under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971; if it considers action necessary, it may only make a reference to the High Court. The court below also cannot rely on inherent powers to assume such authority, because those powers are not available below the High Court. Exercising supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227, the High Court set aside the ACMM's notice as illegal and without jurisdiction, while leaving open the possibility of a reference to the High Court if warranted. en-us Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 13:04:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291395 A subordinate criminal court cannot itself initiate contempt proceedings or issue a show-cause notice against police officials under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971; if it considers action necessary, it may only make a reference to the High Court. The court below also cannot rely on inherent powers to assume such authority, because those powers are not available below the High Court. Exercising supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227, the High Court set aside the ACMM's notice as illegal and without jurisdiction, while leaving open the possibility of a reference to the High Court if warranted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291395