https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193486 Civil contempt under section 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 requires wilful and deliberate disobedience, and mere non-compliance is insufficient. Where the alleged breach turns on a bona fide dispute about the scope of an earlier order and the effect of a notification abolishing contract labour, contempt jurisdiction is not attracted. The Supreme Court declined to resolve the underlying entitlement of the six sweepers in contempt proceedings and found no deliberate flouting of the order. The contempt petition was therefore dismissed, leaving any substantive remedy to be pursued separately. en-us Tue, 02 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:47:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193486 Civil contempt under section 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 requires wilful and deliberate disobedience, and mere non-compliance is insufficient. Where the alleged breach turns on a bona fide dispute about the scope of an earlier order and the effect of a notification abolishing contract labour, contempt jurisdiction is not attracted. The Supreme Court declined to resolve the underlying entitlement of the six sweepers in contempt proceedings and found no deliberate flouting of the order. The contempt petition was therefore dismissed, leaving any substantive remedy to be pursued separately. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 02 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193486