https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46128 Contempt requires intentional, deliberate, or mala fide disobedience of a court order, and bona fide action taken under a subsisting judicial restraint will not attract contempt. Here, the imported consignments were found through laboratory reports to be off-specification, contaminated, and within the scope of hazardous waste rules, and the respondents relied on a Supreme Court direction against release or auction pending further orders. On that basis, the refusal to release the goods was held to be justified rather than contumacious, and the contempt application failed. en-us Fri, 07 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:59:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46128 Contempt requires intentional, deliberate, or mala fide disobedience of a court order, and bona fide action taken under a subsisting judicial restraint will not attract contempt. Here, the imported consignments were found through laboratory reports to be off-specification, contaminated, and within the scope of hazardous waste rules, and the respondents relied on a Supreme Court direction against release or auction pending further orders. On that basis, the refusal to release the goods was held to be justified rather than contumacious, and the contempt application failed. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 07 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46128