https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456757 Civil contempt requires clear, deliberate and wilful disobedience of an operative court order, and disputed questions about the scope or implementation of the Majithia Wage Board Award could not be converted into contempt liability. The Court held that the newspaper establishments' conduct reflected a dispute over implementation rather than intent to defy the order, so no wilful contempt was made out. It further clarified that the award and statutory scheme covered contractual employees and variable pay, and that undertakings could not defeat less favourable statutory entitlements. Implementation disputes, arrears, voluntariness of undertakings and related service grievances were to be pursued through the statutory machinery, not contempt or Article 32 proceedings. en-us Mon, 19 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:08:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456757 Civil contempt requires clear, deliberate and wilful disobedience of an operative court order, and disputed questions about the scope or implementation of the Majithia Wage Board Award could not be converted into contempt liability. The Court held that the newspaper establishments' conduct reflected a dispute over implementation rather than intent to defy the order, so no wilful contempt was made out. It further clarified that the award and statutory scheme covered contractual employees and variable pay, and that undertakings could not defeat less favourable statutory entitlements. Implementation disputes, arrears, voluntariness of undertakings and related service grievances were to be pursued through the statutory machinery, not contempt or Article 32 proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 19 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456757