Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful towards a court of law and its officers in the form of behaviour that opposes or defies authority, justice, and dignity of the court. It manifests itself in wilful disregard of or disrespect for the authority of a court of law, which is often behaviour that is illegal because it does not obey or respect the rules of a law court. Basically, contempt of court means disobeying court of law and its decision in bringing justice.
As explained in the People 's Law Dictionary by Gerald and Kathleen Hill, There are basically two kinds of offenses. The first one is being rude, disrespectful to judges or other lawyers or cause disruption
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This is the strongest power of judges to impose sanctions against actions that interfere with the normal court process.
A finding of contempt of court may be caused by failure to comply with a lawful order of the court, showing no respect for the judge, disruption of proceedings through poor behaviour, or publication of material deemed likely to prejudice a fair trial. A judge can impose sanctions such as fines or imprisonment for a person found guilty of contempt of court. Judges in common law systems typically have wider powers to declare someone in contempt than judges in civil law systems. Client or the person will be found guilty before he or she will be punished.
Contempt of court is essentially viewed as a form of disturbance that may impede the function of the courts. Any person committing contempt of court may be imposed fine or sentenced by the judge. A person is usually will be warned for committing contempt of court before the judge make any action upon that person. It is very rare that a person being charged for committing such offence before being warned by the judge at least