https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272567 Willful violation of a consent decree or consent order, once it is made an order of the Court, can amount to civil contempt under Section 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 even without any express undertaking to the Court. The two limbs of civil contempt-disobedience of a court order and breach of an undertaking-are distinct, and earlier decisions confined to undertakings do not control disobedience of consent orders themselves. The availability of execution proceedings does not exclude contempt jurisdiction, though the Court may exercise discretion on the facts. The contempt petition was held maintainable and the preliminary objection was rejected. en-us Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:53:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272567 Willful violation of a consent decree or consent order, once it is made an order of the Court, can amount to civil contempt under Section 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 even without any express undertaking to the Court. The two limbs of civil contempt-disobedience of a court order and breach of an undertaking-are distinct, and earlier decisions confined to undertakings do not control disobedience of consent orders themselves. The availability of execution proceedings does not exclude contempt jurisdiction, though the Court may exercise discretion on the facts. The contempt petition was held maintainable and the preliminary objection was rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272567