SUMAN CHADHA Vs. CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Upon being found guilty of committing contempt of Court, the petitioners who are husband and wife respectively, were sentenced to simple imprisonment for three months along with a fine of Rs.2000/-each, by a learned Judge of the Delhi High Court. The said Order having been confirmed by the Division Bench of the High Court in an appeal under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 ('Act' for short), the petitioners have come up with the above Special Leave Petition.

(2.) We have heard Mr. Santosh Kumar, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and Mr. Anuj Jain, learned counsel appearing for the respondent-Bank.

(3.) The background facts which led to the petitioners being held guilty of contempt of Court, are lucidly recorded in the Order dated 18.07.2017 of the learned Judge. They are as follows: