In Brief

The Supreme Court addressed preliminary discharge applications in a contempt petition relating to scandalous allegations against two judges contained in letters authored by three alleged contemnors. The Court held that since the alleged contemnors had not denied writing the letters, no further evidence was required at the interlocutory stage. The Court deferred deciding the discharge applications and scheduled the matter for final hearing on the merits, focusing exclusively on whether the contents of the letters constituted contempt of the Supreme Court, rather than peripheral disputes about related high court matters.

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