NIRMALKUMAR MOHANDOSS India is a common law country and under Article 215 of the Constitution, a High Court is a Court of record and have the powers to punish contempt of itself. According to Section 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, ‘ “civil contempt” means wilful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court or wilful breach of an undertaking given to a court.’ Moreover, Section 12 of the Act provides for the ‘punishment

CASE SUMMARY In G. Kaliyamurthy Vs The Secretary, Co-Operative Society Department & 4 Ors., [W.P. No. 18229 of 2021], the Madras High...