https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286098 Civil contempt is established only on proof of wilful and deliberate disobedience of a clear court direction. Here, the alleged breach concerned the practical implementation of an earlier order requiring supply of relied upon documents, time for reply, and removal of the seal, but the parties adopted competing and plausible interpretations of what adequate access to records and computer data required. The contempt court held that contempt jurisdiction cannot be used to decide the correctness of the cancellation order on merits. As no deliberate disobedience was proved, contempt failed and the petitioner was left to pursue the separate remedy against cancellation of the licence. en-us Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:04:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286098 Civil contempt is established only on proof of wilful and deliberate disobedience of a clear court direction. Here, the alleged breach concerned the practical implementation of an earlier order requiring supply of relied upon documents, time for reply, and removal of the seal, but the parties adopted competing and plausible interpretations of what adequate access to records and computer data required. The contempt court held that contempt jurisdiction cannot be used to decide the correctness of the cancellation order on merits. As no deliberate disobedience was proved, contempt failed and the petitioner was left to pursue the separate remedy against cancellation of the licence. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286098