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Courts must not be hypersensitive or swung by emotions while exercising contempt jurisdiction, the Supreme Court has said.

The Supreme Court on Friday set aside a Calcutta High Court order to revoke a medical practitioner’s licence for contempt of court

Yati Narsinghanand is stated to have said that "those who believe in this system, these politicians, in the Supreme Court, and in the Army will all die the death of a dog."

Donald trump is one of the key people, but they would not reveal who else is on their list. they say there would be some form of public presentation, but its unclear exactly what that would look like. harry litman, good to have you on, what is the significance if you do in fact see a recommendation on indictment, given that the doj doesnt necessarily have to follow up on it. >> well, lets start with trump. it seems to me, especially given the identify of the subcommittee here, who is recommendin...

Criminal referral would necessarily affect the house january six probe. but is it still important that the committee or congress to send that message? >> i think the committee needs to send whatever criminal referrals it deems appropriate. so, the committee, that is part of what the committee is set out in its investigation an oversight to do. it has not shied away from criminal referrals for intent when it thought there was evidence individual obstructing congresss work. so, theyve done that. a...

Them to make this pretty serious request. >> garrett, why not give them what they want? they essentially want the same thing, dont they? they want to see people held accountable for what happened on january 6th. >> reporter: thats right. you heard from bennie thompson there, they dont have the where withall to comply with the dojs request and tucked their investigation. the committee doesnt have a huge staff, but i find it hard to believe that they could spare someone to run down and make copies...

An investigation of several people. >> hes basically saying, look, doj doesnt need a referral. technically thats correct. we heard merrick garland saying this week im watching these hearings, you can bet my staff is watching these hearings, that they will, quote, follow the facts wherever they lead. where do you think theyre leading, if youre sitting at the department of justice? >> yes, i think there is a lot going on here. so, first of all, poppy, on the question of whether a criminal referral...

Arraigned today. hell have a judge wield out. the judge will set the schedule for any motions in trial. but these are fairly simple cases factually. so like the bannon case, which moved fairly quickly, especially given the court delays that our r system wide because of covid, i would expect him to get a trial date certainly within the year, if not a few months from now. >> and obviously its relative when were talking about how quickly justice works and the judicial system. we know bannon was ind...

>> grace, finally and briefly who else is the committee looking to have come testify soon? >> yeah. well, obviously as theyre pursuing these contempt cases against mark meadows and jeffrey clark, i think definitely working on this threat of stop the steal organizers. people who are involved, for example, in the women for america or women for trump movement are going to be very significant. and the committee has issued subpoenas for cellphone records for a lot of people involved in organizing the...

Madras High Court found that the two lawyers had hatched a devious plot to dislodge the then Registrar (Vigilance) from her post and bring down the prestige of the High Court.