The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
11. Power of High Court to try offences committed or offenders found Outside jurisdiction
A High Court shall have jurisdiction to inquire into or try a contempt of itself or of any court subordinate to it, whether the contempt is alleged to have been committed within or outside the local limits of its jurisdiction , and whether the person alleged to be guilty of contempt is within or outside such limits.
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This section expands the ambit of the authority beyond what was till then considered to be possible but it does not confer a new jurisdiction. It merely widens the scope of our existing jurisdiction of a very special kind; State of Uttar Pradesh v. Radhey Shyam, 1983 Cr LJ 1153 (1162).
The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971