Chithra Woods Manors Welfare Association vs Shaji Augustine 2025 INSC 567 -Contempt of Court
Contempt of Courts Act 1971- A party, misguiding the Court to pass an order which was never intended to be complied with, would constitute an act of overawing the due process of law and, thus, commit contempt of Court- Any person who misuses the process of the Court with ulterior motives cannot be said to be a person having approached the Court with clean hands. A person who tries to tarnish the process of litigation to the extent of misguiding and misleading the proceedings before the Court resulting in passing of order(s) which are to his benefit at the cost of the loss of dignity, leading to shrinkage of the faith of the common man in the judicial process cannot be permitted. (Para 33-36)
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