https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286097 Contempt jurisdiction is an extraordinary, quasi-criminal power that must be exercised with care, and the alleged violation of an interim order must be proved beyond reasonable doubt. Where the interim order was reasonably capable of more than one interpretation and the respondents acted on an interpretation that was not wholly unwarranted, contempt could not be sustained and the alleged contemnors were entitled to the benefit of doubt. On that basis, the alleged contempt was not established and the contempt petition failed; the Court therefore did not consider the apology. en-us Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:44:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286097 Contempt jurisdiction is an extraordinary, quasi-criminal power that must be exercised with care, and the alleged violation of an interim order must be proved beyond reasonable doubt. Where the interim order was reasonably capable of more than one interpretation and the respondents acted on an interpretation that was not wholly unwarranted, contempt could not be sustained and the alleged contemnors were entitled to the benefit of doubt. On that basis, the alleged contempt was not established and the contempt petition failed; the Court therefore did not consider the apology. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286097