https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=261827 Belated compliance with a court's time-bound direction may expose an authority to contempt, and if compliance within the stipulated period is not possible, extension of time should be sought promptly. Here, the authority's delayed explanation was considered, but the Court warned that such explanations would not be accepted in future. In the peculiar facts, the Court declined to continue with contempt action, dropped the proceedings, and disposed of the contempt petition without costs. en-us Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:46:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=261827 Belated compliance with a court's time-bound direction may expose an authority to contempt, and if compliance within the stipulated period is not possible, extension of time should be sought promptly. Here, the authority's delayed explanation was considered, but the Court warned that such explanations would not be accepted in future. In the peculiar facts, the Court declined to continue with contempt action, dropped the proceedings, and disposed of the contempt petition without costs. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=261827