"Contempt Of Court": Court On Notice To Residence Of Interfaith Couple

The court issued notice to the official and asked him to show cause as to why contempt proceedings should be not initiated against him.

The Delhi High Court has said that a Sub-Divisional Magistrate in Delhi prima facie committed contempt of court by sending a notice to the residence of a person desirous of marrying his partner under the Special Marriage Act (SMA), in violation of its order prohibiting any such dispatch. Justice Najmi Waziri, hearing a plea by the inter-faith couple, issued notice to the official and asked him to show cause as to why contempt proceedings should be not initiated against him for obstructing the administration of justice. "Issue notice to the respondent to show cause why contempt proceedings be not initiated against him for obstructing the administration of justice and for committing contempt of court," the court ordered on August 10. The court said that whenever a couple desires to get the marriage registered under the special act, notices are not to be sent to their residences.