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Bare act

Contempt of Courts Act 1971

Read with Arts. 129 and 215 of the Constitution.

The sections below are the ones the LL.B. papers examine on this Act, with the unit that covers each and the cases decided on it. The official text is on India Code ↗.

Sections in the syllabus

s. s. 2

Covered in Unit 4 · Contempt, Bar–Bench relations and accountancy for lawyers.

s. ss. 2(c), 5

Covered in Unit 4 · Legal Writing, PIL Research, Technology and the Law Office, Unit 4 · Legal Writing, PIL Research, Technology and the Law Office.

s. ss. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 13

Covered in Unit 4 · Contempt, Bar–Bench relations and accountancy for lawyers.

s. ss. 10, 12, 14, 15, 18 and 20

Covered in Unit 4 · Contempt, Bar–Bench relations and accountancy for lawyers.