All India Bar Examination (AIBE) 20 (XX) Previous Year Question Papers with Answers

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By virtue of Articles 129 and 215, the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts in the States are courts of record and possess contempt Jurisdiction. What is true about the lower Judiciary in the same connection ?

A: Lower Judiciary has to bear with its contempt.
B: Lower Judiciary has to complain about its contempt to the Supreme Court of India.
C: Lower Judiciary can itself punish the contemnor for having caused its contempt.
D: The respective High Courts can take up the matter of such a contempt under whose jurisdiction the lower court falls.

The answer is: D