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The right to free speech and expression in India is a qualified one at best. Among the many fetters upon the right is Damocles’ sword of criminal contempt. Criminal contempt of court has been the ...

Contempt of court is like life on Mars. The search for it falls into two general categories: direct and indirect. Direct contempt is when its beady little eyes stare a judge right in the face and ...

Private legal practitioner, Ace Ankomah has urged parliament to consider a Contempt of Court Act that will clearly define contempt in a way that is accepted by all Ghanaians. Different lawyers have ...

It would seem that the sequence of events following two tweets by Prashant Bhushan has drawn to a close. But a conclusion is hardly satisfactory when it gives rise to more questions. Many see the ...

India and Pakistan, which emerged as two independent states following the partition of British India in 1947, inherited The Contempt of Courts Act, 1926 (Act No. X11 of 1926). Bangladesh, which was ...

Parliament has amended its Rules of Procedure to define contempt of Parliament as any act or omission that obstructs or impedes Parliament in the performance of its functions. Last year, Kween county ...