Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
10. Power of High Court to punish contempt of subordinate
courts
Every High Court shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction,
powers and authority, in accordance with the same procedure and practice, in
respect of contempt of courts subordinate to it as it has and exercises in
respect of contempt of itself:
PROVIDED that no High Court shall take cognizance of a
contempt alleged to have been committed in respect of a court subordinate to it
where such contempt is an offence punishable under the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860).