https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278589 A false undertaking to a court, coupled with suppression of material facts and conduct calculated to obstruct execution of its order, amounts to civil contempt under Section 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The Court noted that the undertaking was given to obtain time to vacate on the assurance that possession would not be parted with or third-party interests created, while the respondents were aware of and supported a competing sub-tenancy claim. The clarification issued through counsel formed part of the same misleading course of conduct, and the respondents were held guilty of contempt; the High Court's refusal to proceed was set aside. en-us Fri, 06 Apr 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:14:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278589 A false undertaking to a court, coupled with suppression of material facts and conduct calculated to obstruct execution of its order, amounts to civil contempt under Section 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The Court noted that the undertaking was given to obtain time to vacate on the assurance that possession would not be parted with or third-party interests created, while the respondents were aware of and supported a competing sub-tenancy claim. The clarification issued through counsel formed part of the same misleading course of conduct, and the respondents were held guilty of contempt; the High Court's refusal to proceed was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 06 Apr 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278589