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Contempt of Court
November 5 , 2020
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- The Attorney General of India declines consent to initiate contempt case against Andhra CM Jagan Reddy.
- Last month, CM Jagan Reddy had written to the CJI S.A. Bobde, alleging the Andhra Pradesh HC was being used to ‘destabilise and topple my democratically elected government’.
- Articles 129 and 215 of the Constitution of India empowers the Supreme Court and High Court respectively to punish people for their respective contempt.
- The Contempt of Courts Act of 1971 also defines the power of the Supreme court and High Court to punish contempt of its subordinate courts.
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