Free Judiciary and Media; Reality or Delusion?

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Re: Free Judiciary and Media; Reality or Delusion?

@Decent_6Chora

If you look at the definition of “contempt of court” that means

“Willful disobedience of a judge’s command or of an official court order.”

and not the criticizing on court’s decision. Of course no sane person can allow the disobeying of court’s order but criticizing the orders should be allowed

Depends on which definition you’re following :).

*Contempt of court is the failure to obey a lawful order of a court, disrespect for the judge, disruption of the proceedings through poor behavior, or publication of material deemed likely to jeopardize a fair trial. A judge may impose sanctions such as a fine or jail for someone found guilty of contempt of court. Typically judges in common law systems have more extensive power to declare someone in contempt than judges in civil law systems.
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Contempt of court

An act of disobedience or disrespect to a judge, which may be punished by a fine or jail sentence.
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Mass Media Law | Glossary

Failure to show respect for an order of a court.
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https://www.co-childsupport.com/elpaso/glossary/glossary.htm

This is a charge that a judge can lay if someone interferes with the work of the court or ignores the rules of court.
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www.owjn.org/info/glossar2.htm

Interfering with the administration of justice or ignoring the rules of the court. Showing unwarranted disrespect for the court, refusing to testify in court or failing to obey an court order are the most common types of contempt of court.
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www.saskjustice.gov.sk.ca/courts/court_terms/court_terms.shtml

Now, this includes definitions from NGOs, american unies and canadian govt organizations, so saying that its just for subjugating browns is completely wrong.

@Decent_6Chora

So court has “decided” to exercise the law in case of Sher Afghan and not in case of Munir Malik (who said he will burn the court if decision did not come his way) … Isnt the basic idea of insaf is that “Law is same for everyone” ??? dont we criticize the govt for having different standards of laws for different people ?

fair point, both should be punished. if both munir malik and afgan were brought to court by a third party the same laws should apply to both. however the court can take suo moto action against whom it wishes, which means it does have the right to choose whom to act against.

for example, the karachi IG cant say to the supreme court theres traffic jams in lahore act against them first.