Can’t hold officials in contempt for actions of subordinates: SC

More than four years after a senior bureaucrat from Assam died fighting for restoration of honour, the Supreme Court absolved him of contempt of court charges while deciding his 12-year-old appeal and ruled that higher officials cannot be hauled up for contempt of court for alleged disregard of court orders by his subordinate officers.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZM7Plm