Contempt of Court is a cathartic jurisdiction which belongs to the dark ages. Contrary to the elementary principles of jurisprudence, in Contempt of Court, the accuser and the adjudicator is the court itself. In civil law countries, there is no Contempt of Court jurisprudence. Contempt of Court by scandalisation became obsolete even in England by the end of the 19th century. Unfortunately, our founding fathers allowed the concept of Contempt of Court to continue in free India. It is high time we erased the draconian law of contempt from our statutes, and in particular, Contempt of Court by scandalisation. Read my Writ Petition of 2016 challenging the constitutional validity of the Contempt of Courts Act.
Sub: To declare that the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 is unconstitutional and void, or at least Sections 2(c)(i), 14, 16 and 17(5) thereof IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA IN ITS EXTRA-ORDINARY ORIGINAL JURISDICTION W. P.(C) NO. 14564OF 2016 Mathews J. Nedumpara … Petitioner Union of India & Ors. … Respondents MEMORANDUM OF WRIT […]