1988 (5) TMI 361

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.... The Respondent : Kapil Sibal, R.N. Karanjawala, Mrs. M.Karanjawala,and Ejaz Maqbool JUDGMENT: The Judgment of the Court was delivered by DUTT, J. This appeal under section 19(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act, hereinafter referred to as 'the Act', is directed against the judgment and order of the Punjab & Haryana High Court dismissing the application for contempt filed by the appella....

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.... Devinder Sharma as its Chairman. It was further alleged by the appellant that the constitutional validity of the said Ordinance was challenged by twelve Indian Forest Officers including the appellant by filing a writ petition in the High Court. It was alleged that the respondent, Bhajan Lal, through Shri R.K. Vashisth, the Superintendent of Police, pressurised and threatened the writ petitione....

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....rence by the respondent with the due course of judicial proceedings. The application was admitted and a rule nisi was issued upon the respondent. The respondent appeared in the rule and opposed the same by filing an affidavit denying all the allegations made against him by the appellant. The learned Single Judge of the High Court, after considering the application, affidavits and the submission....

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.... It is contended by him that as no punishment was imposed on the respondent by the High Court in exercise of its jurisdiction to punish for contempt, section 19(1) is inapplicable and the appeal is incompetent. Section 19(1) provides as follows: "19(1). An appeal shall lie as of right from any order or decision of a High Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction to punish for contempt- (a) w....