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.
Citations: [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
https://lawinsider.in/judgment/landmark-judgement-chandra-shashi-v-anil-kumar-verma-1995
https://lawfyi.io/chandra-shashi-vs-anil-kumar-verma-on-14-november-1994/
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.
