https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194367 In contempt jurisdiction, a court must confine itself to the express terms of the original writ order and cannot enlarge them by adding fresh obligations. Wilful disobedience is assessed only against what was actually directed, not against new relief the contempt court considers desirable. Where the alternative direction in the writ order had already been complied with, no further obligation such as creation of supernumerary posts could be imposed through contempt proceedings. The contempt orders were therefore set aside because the writ order had been implemented as directed and no wilful disobedience was established. en-us Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:11:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194367 In contempt jurisdiction, a court must confine itself to the express terms of the original writ order and cannot enlarge them by adding fresh obligations. Wilful disobedience is assessed only against what was actually directed, not against new relief the contempt court considers desirable. Where the alternative direction in the writ order had already been complied with, no further obligation such as creation of supernumerary posts could be imposed through contempt proceedings. The contempt orders were therefore set aside because the writ order had been implemented as directed and no wilful disobedience was established. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194367