The Supreme Court of India (SC) on September 26 judged two people as guilty of contempt of court, after they failed to vacate a rental premises in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, despite a court order on the same, PTI reported.

The case stems from an Allahabad High Court order upholding the Rent Control Authority's direction to evict the tenants/contemnors in the case, it added. Also Read | Bank holiday today: Are banks closed today on Saturday, September 27?

What did the SC say?

A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi sentenced one contemnor to three months' civil imprisonment and directed authorities to take him into custody and send him to Tihar Jail.

He was also ordered to pay a ₹ 1 lakh fine to the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee within two mont

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