" In the same case, Lord Justice Salmon spoke: "The sole purpose of proceedings for contempt is to give our courts the power effectively to protect the rights of the public by ensuring that the administration of justice shall not be obstructed or prevented." 885 Frank Further, J in Offutt vs U.S., ; expressed his view as follows: "It is a mode of vindicating the magesty of law, in its active manifestation against obstruction and outrage." In Jennison vs Baker, at page 1006, it is stated: "The law should not be seen to sit by limply, while those who defy it go free, and those who seek its protection lose hope." Chinnappa Reddy, J. Speaking for the Bench in Advocate General, Bihar vs M.P. Khair Industries, ; citing those two decisions in the ases of Offut and Jennison (supra) stated thus: ". it may be necessary to punish as a contempt, a course of conduct which abuses and makes a mockery of the judicial process and which thus extends its pernicious influence beyond the parties to the action and affects the interest of the public in the administration of Justice.