Landmark case · Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System · Semester 5

Pritam Pal v. High Court of Madhya Pradesh

AIR 1992 SC 904 · Supreme Court of India

Scandalising the court in a petition is criminal contempt; a practising advocate is held to a higher standard of restraint.

From topic

Civil and criminal contempt by advocates — Unit IV, Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System.

Related sections:

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, 2(a)–(c) — Contempt, civil contempt and criminal contempt
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, 12 — Punishment for contempt
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, 13–15 — Defences, fair comment and cognizance