The contemnor in this case has filed a forged Experience certificate in a Transfer Petition filed by his Knife in a matrimonial proceeding. Hon’ble Apex Court has contemplated whether filing of a forged document with intention to defraud the court, amounts to contempt of court. And it held in affirmative.
The husband was given two weeks of imprisonment.
Chandra Shashi Vs Anil Kumar Verma on 14 November, 1994Citations: [1995 SCC (1) 421], [JT 1994 (7) 459], [(1995) 1 SCJ 84], [(1996) 1 BLJ 298], [1994 AIR SCW 4994], [1995 (1) SCC 421], [(1995) 78 ELT 7], [(1996) 1 EASTCRIC 725], [(1995) 1 CRICJ 157], [(1994) 7 JT 459 (SC)], [1995 SCC (CRI) 239]
Other Sources:
https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1224592/
https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609ac98e4b014971140f422
[Landmark Judgement] Chandra Shashi V. Anil Kumar Verma (1995)
Chandra Shashi vs Anil Kumar Verma on 14 November, 1994 , SSC
https://lawsuitcasefinder.com/casedetail?id=U2FsdGVkX184rYST35NDUAK7M8gplo2SgOpZhyiWe1LtksMgs5
Index of Perjury judgments is here. Index of Contempt of Court judgments here.
