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

R.K. Garg, Advocate v. State of Himachal Pradesh

(1981) 3 SCC 166 · Supreme Court of India

Violence or insult to the court by an advocate is punished as contempt to protect the administration of justice, not the personal pride of the judge.

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