The Calcutta Weekly Notes Law Notes and Notes of Cases of the Calcutta High Court and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the English Law Courts Monday March 23 1925

In the first place it seeks to limit the powers of the High Courts including those that are Courts of Record to punish contempt to imprisoment not exceeding six months or fine or both and in the next place to extend the jurisdiction of the High Courts including the Courts of Judicial Commissioners of the Cetral Provinces Oudh and Sindh not only ∎vith regard to contempts in the nature of [...] and the Chief Ristice was ordered the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to pay the costs of the proceedings. [...] R. v. Davies which marks the farthest limit to which the jurisdition of the High Courts may be extended in the interest of administration of justice in respect of contempts of the subordinate Courts far from laying down or suggesting that the King's Bench Division would ever take prceedings in contempt for the maintenance of the dignity of such Courts expressly says that it should not. [...] D. p. 455 that " the object of the discipline conferred by the Court is in case of contempt of Court not to vindicate the dinity of the Court or the person of the Judge but to prevent undue interference with tilt administration of justice." We have seen that j_Jord Morris lays down the law in identcal terms in. McLeod v. St. [...] 228 I. P. C. is committed in the view or presence of any Civil Criminal or Revenue Court the Court may cause the offeder to be detained in custody and at any time before the rising of the Court on the same day may if it thinks fit take cognizance of the offence and sentence the offender to a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees and in default of payment to simple imprisonment for a term wh