Assertion (A) >: Willful disobedience or non-compliance of Court Orders and use of derogatory language about judicial behaviour amounts o Contempt of Court. Reason (R) >: Judicial activism cannot be practised without arming the judiciary with punitive pow

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Q: 88 (IAS/1997)

Assertion (A): Willful disobedience or non-compliance of Court Orders and use of derogatory language about judicial behaviour amounts o Contempt of Court.
Reason (R): Judicial activism cannot be practised without arming the judiciary with punitive powers to punish contemptuous behaviour. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

question_subject: 

Polity

question_exam: 

IAS

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0,92,196,127,92,63,6

keywords: 

{'judicial behaviour': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'contemptuous behaviour': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'judicial activism': [0, 1, 1, 0], 'judiciary': [1, 0, 0, 2], 'court': [11, 1, 18, 32], 'willful disobedience': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'punitive powers': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'court orders': [0, 1, 0, 1], 'derogatory language': [0, 1, 0, 0]}

Option 1 suggests that both statements are true and Reason (R) explains Assertion (A). This is incorrect because while both statements are true, R does not explain why willful disobedience or non-compliance of court orders amounts to Contempt of Court.

Option 2, which is the correct answer, states that both A and R are true, but R isn`t the correct explanation of A. Assertion (A) correctly explains what could amount to Contempt of Court. Reason (R) correctly describes why judicial activism requires judiciary with punitive powers. However, R doesn`t explain why a specific behavior, as mentioned in A, amounts to Contempt of Court.

Option 3 suggests that Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false. This is incorrect as both statements are true.

Option 4 suggests that Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true. This is incorrect as both statements are true.