The power vested in the Supreme Court and the High Court being courts of record under arts. 129 and 215 of the Constitution respectively is an inherent power and that the jurisdiction vested is a special one and not derived from any other statute but derived only from arts. 129 and 215 of the Constitution.—Pritam Pal Singh v. High Court of M.P. AIR 1992 SC 904

The judge has to remain in full control of the hearing of the case and he must be able to take steps to restore as early and quickly as possible.—In re Vinay Chandra Mishra 1995 (2) SCC 584

The fact that the process is to summary does not means that the procedural requirement, viz. that an opportunity of meeting the charge is denied to the contemner. The degree of precision with which the charge may be stated, depend, upon the circumstances so long as the gift of the specific allegation is made clear or otherwise the contemner is aware of the specific allegation, it is not always necessary to formulate the change is a specific allegation. Despite the objection that the judge deals with the contempt himself and the contemner has little opportunity to defend himself there is a residue case where not only it is justifiable to punish on the spot but it is the only realistic way of dealing with certain offender.