Contempt Jurisdiction -- Underlying Order Set Aside -- Contempt petition dismissed with costs where petitioners continued proceedings despite knowledge of appellate order setting aside the underlying order
Contempt of Court Act, 1971 -- Contempt Jurisdiction -- Underlying Order Set Aside -- Contempt jurisdiction is attracted only on wilful and intentional disobedience of a subsisting order. Where the order alleged to have been disobeyed has been set aside in appeal, no contempt lies. Filing or continuing contempt proceedings with full knowledge of the appellate order setting aside the underlying order constitutes gross abuse of judicial process and warrants imposition of exemplary costs on the petitioner.
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