https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294223 An appeal under the Contempt of Courts Act was treated as maintainable where the contempt order went beyond a mere refusal to act and decided a substantive matter affecting parties' rights, even though no punishment was imposed. In civil contempt, the court's function is limited to determining whether the existing order was wilfully disobeyed; it cannot materially alter, add to, or rewrite that order through contempt jurisdiction. An order that introduced fresh directions on the election process, venue, judicial supervision, and implementation was held to have exceeded that limited scope, and the appellate court interfered to confine the matter to permissible supervisory directions. en-us Thu, 19 Dec 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:33:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294223 An appeal under the Contempt of Courts Act was treated as maintainable where the contempt order went beyond a mere refusal to act and decided a substantive matter affecting parties' rights, even though no punishment was imposed. In civil contempt, the court's function is limited to determining whether the existing order was wilfully disobeyed; it cannot materially alter, add to, or rewrite that order through contempt jurisdiction. An order that introduced fresh directions on the election process, venue, judicial supervision, and implementation was held to have exceeded that limited scope, and the appellate court interfered to confine the matter to permissible supervisory directions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 19 Dec 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294223