Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax held guilty u/s. 12 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971

Prashant Chandra Vs Harish Gidwani Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax Range 2 (Allahabad High Court)

Allahabad High Court held Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax guilty under section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 and imposed fine of Rs. 25,000 along with simple imprisonment for a period of one week.

Facts- The present contempt application u/s. 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 has been filed alleging willful and deliberate disobedience of judgment and order dated 31.03.2015 passed by a Division Bench of this Court whereby the following direction

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