Rajeshwar Singh vs Subrata Roy Sahara & Ors

The Supreme Court examined the maintainability of a contempt petition filed under Article 129, 142 of the Constitution and Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The Court held that the consent of the Attorney General is a prerequisite for initiating contempt proceedings, as established in Section 15 of the Act. The Court found that the notice did not specify whether the contempt was civil or criminal, nor did it demonstrate that the respondents had knowledge of the order allegedly disobeyed, leading to the conclusion that the contempt petition was not maintainable.