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Ratan Thakur (rcb)     14 September 2014

Contempt of court act

Can “ the petition under section 10 and 12 of ‘contempt of court act’ filed to high court” be termed as writ petition?



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Hardeep (Business)     15 September 2014

No. Only if a subordinate court is not performing its duty a writ of mandamus may lie against it.

 

See, for example :

 

https://advocatedelhi.wordpress.com/writ-meaning-writ-petition-india/

 

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