•Allahabad High Court states disregarding a judicial officer's order is "unpardonable" and a direct challenge to the authority of law.
•Judicial officers, while discharging functions, stand above district magistrates, police chiefs, and even political heads.
•Court held SHO and IO guilty of contempt for ignoring CJM Lalitpur's directions to produce CCTV footage in an illegal detention case.
•The High Court sentenced the police officers to custody in the courtroom till the rising of the court and imposed a Rs 1 lakh compensation on the state for illegal detention.
•Directed CJMs to conduct random checks of police stations to verify CCTV camera functioning and ensure cooperation from police officials.
