https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194363 Contempt jurisdiction is not maintainable to enforce a compromise decree unless the court record contains a clear operative direction or an accepted undertaking that has been wilfully disobeyed. A settlement order that merely records compromise and contemplates a decree does not, by itself, authorise contempt, because enforcement must ordinarily be sought through execution proceedings. On the facts, no specific command or undertaking was established, and the petitioner was left to pursue the civil court's execution remedies rather than contempt. en-us Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:11:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194363 Contempt jurisdiction is not maintainable to enforce a compromise decree unless the court record contains a clear operative direction or an accepted undertaking that has been wilfully disobeyed. A settlement order that merely records compromise and contemplates a decree does not, by itself, authorise contempt, because enforcement must ordinarily be sought through execution proceedings. On the facts, no specific command or undertaking was established, and the petitioner was left to pursue the civil court's execution remedies rather than contempt. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194363