https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294235 Contempt jurisdiction is limited to examining wilful, deliberate and contumacious disobedience of a court order and imposing only the consequence permitted by law. It cannot be used to enlarge the original writ order or to award costs merely because compliance was delayed. Where compliance has been substantially made, the contempt proceedings cannot be kept alive only to justify costs; the limited purpose of the proceedings is then exhausted. The imposition of costs was therefore unsustainable and was set aside, and the contempt proceedings were dropped. en-us Mon, 17 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:25:07 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294235 Contempt jurisdiction is limited to examining wilful, deliberate and contumacious disobedience of a court order and imposing only the consequence permitted by law. It cannot be used to enlarge the original writ order or to award costs merely because compliance was delayed. Where compliance has been substantially made, the contempt proceedings cannot be kept alive only to justify costs; the limited purpose of the proceedings is then exhausted. The imposition of costs was therefore unsustainable and was set aside, and the contempt proceedings were dropped. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 17 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294235