Law Of Self Defend

An Act to define and limit the powers of certain courts in punishing contempt of court in India and to regulate their procedure in relation thereto –

Contempt of court in India :-Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India . This Act may be called the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. It extends to the whole of India . In this act , contempt has been divided into Civil and Criminal Contempt . It is given in Section 2 ( B ) and 2 ( C ) of Contempt of Court Act 1971 .

1 . Civil Contempt (contempt of court in India) :-

It means wilful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court. Or we can say, it is a wilful breach of an undertaking given to a court.

2. Criminal Contempt (contempt of court in India) :- means the publication (whether by words, spoken or written, or by signs,or by visible representations, or otherwise) of any matter or the doing of any other act whatsoever, which— (i) scandalises or tends to scandalise, or lowers or tends to lower the authority of, any court, or (ii) prejudices, or interferes or tends to interfere with, the due course of any judicial proceeding, or (iii) interferes or tends to interfere with, or obstructs or tends to obstruct, the administration of justice in any other manner .

For contempt of court in India :-

Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act or in any other law . a contempt of court may be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both. Provided that the accused may be discharged or the punishment awarded may be remitted on apology being made to the satisfaction of the Court.
Explanation :- An apology shall not be rejected merely on the ground that it is qualified or conditional if the accused makes it bona fide.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no court shall impose a sentence in excess of that specified in sub-section (1) for any contempt either in respect of itself or of a court subordinate to it.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, where a person is found guilty of a civil contempt. If it considers that a fine will not meet the ends of justice and that a sentence of imprisonment is necessary shall, instead of sentencing him to simple imprisonment, direct that he be
detained in a civil prison for such period not exceeding six months as it may think fit.