Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A

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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : Willful disobedience or non-compliance of Court orders and use of derogatory language about Judicial behaviour amount to Contempt of Court.

Reason (R) : Judicial activism cannot be practiced without arming the Judiciary with punitive powers to punish contemptuous behavior.

In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

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