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America too respects!

Shockingly even in the largest democracy of the world *“ the judge has contempt power to punish summarily any disruption in the court room or other display of disrespect to the court.” In India ,the topic, ‘Contempt of Court ’ has always been one which is discussed and debated over.
Though both the nations have derived its set of laws from the English common law system, the revolutionary evolution which shaped the American legal system is much appreciable. The liberal view of the country is enviable. Whereas, in India , the legal system has not freed itself from the hangover of the colonial days.
The theory of Contempt of Court can be related to that of ‘Divine Rule Theory’, which was dethroned a couple of centuries back by the civilized world. The fact that even the liberal Americans who uphold the individual freedom than any other country in the world does not condemn the ‘contempt of court’ is something worth probing into.


(‘Introduction to the Law and Legal System of the United States ’-William Burnham
Ch.V,The Judicial System,pg.168)

Author:AnnieJeen
Junior Associate
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