https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309421 Wilful disobedience of court orders to deposit the awarded amount can constitute civil contempt where the respondent repeatedly takes advantage of extensions yet still fails to comply. The directions here required deposit of 50% of the award and were later reinforced by an express warning of serious consequences for non-compliance. The contention that the award was merely executable and that contempt would not lie was rejected on the facts because the conduct showed repeated default, delay and avoidance of compliance. The plea of financial difficulty was treated as an afterthought and not bona fide. The respondents were held guilty of civil contempt. en-us Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 22:30:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309421 Wilful disobedience of court orders to deposit the awarded amount can constitute civil contempt where the respondent repeatedly takes advantage of extensions yet still fails to comply. The directions here required deposit of 50% of the award and were later reinforced by an express warning of serious consequences for non-compliance. The contention that the award was merely executable and that contempt would not lie was rejected on the facts because the conduct showed repeated default, delay and avoidance of compliance. The plea of financial difficulty was treated as an afterthought and not bona fide. The respondents were held guilty of civil contempt. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309421