Power to punish for contempt of Supreme Court was explicitly introduced-Constituent Assembly Debates
CO NST ITUENT ASSEMBLY DEBATES (PROCEEDINGS)- VOLUME VIII CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA Article 108 in Draft Constitution " The Supreme Court shall be a court of record and shall sit in Delhi and at such other place or places, if any, as the Chief Justice may, with the approval of the President, from time to time, appoint." Friday, the 27th May 1949 The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar "Sir, the new article 108 is necessary because we have not made any provision in the Draft Constitution to define the status of the Supreme Court. If the House will turn to article, 192, they will find exactly a similar article with regard to the High Courts in India. It seems therefore necessary that a similar provision should be made in the Constitution in order to define the position of the Supreme Court. I do not wish to take much time of the House in saying what the words 'a court of record' mean. I may briefly say that a court of record is a court the records of w...