1972 (9) TMI 142 - SUPREME COURT

Whether an administrative tribunal can ignore the law declared by the highest court in the State and initiate proceedings in direct violation of the law so declared?

Held that:- Appeal dismissed. Deliberate and malafide conduct of not following the binding precedent of the High Court is contumacious does not unduly enlarge the domain of contempt. It would not stifle a bonafide act of distinguishing the binding precedent, even though it may take out to be mistaken. As a result of the foregoing discussion, the High Court has rightly found the appellant guilty of contempt.