https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286092 A subordinate tribunal cannot suspend proceedings that were expressly issued to implement a final High Court judgment, because such interim interference would obstruct execution of the binding mandate of a superior constitutional court. The tribunal may have jurisdiction over the service dispute, but that jurisdiction does not extend to neutralising a step taken solely to give effect to the High Court's final directions. The text also states that deliberate delay in reversion, despite an attained-finality judgment declaring the employee ineligible for promotion, can amount to willful disobedience. The official respondents' belated compliance was treated as neither bona fide nor justified, and contempt was found, with sentence left for separate consideration. en-us Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:09:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286092 A subordinate tribunal cannot suspend proceedings that were expressly issued to implement a final High Court judgment, because such interim interference would obstruct execution of the binding mandate of a superior constitutional court. The tribunal may have jurisdiction over the service dispute, but that jurisdiction does not extend to neutralising a step taken solely to give effect to the High Court's final directions. The text also states that deliberate delay in reversion, despite an attained-finality judgment declaring the employee ineligible for promotion, can amount to willful disobedience. The official respondents' belated compliance was treated as neither bona fide nor justified, and contempt was found, with sentence left for separate consideration. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286092