https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=464538 Wilful disobedience of a court order or a binding undertaking can amount to civil contempt under Section 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The text states that repeated assurances to vacate premises and clear rent arrears, followed by continued non-compliance despite extensions and warnings, justified rejection of the explanation that the undertakings were misunderstood or unauthorised and made the apology insufficient. It further explains that contempt jurisdiction may include consequential directions to neutralise the benefit of disobedience, including immediate delivery of vacant possession and coercive execution if compliance fails, while monetary claims such as arrears and mesne profits continue in execution. en-us Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:06:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=464538 Wilful disobedience of a court order or a binding undertaking can amount to civil contempt under Section 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The text states that repeated assurances to vacate premises and clear rent arrears, followed by continued non-compliance despite extensions and warnings, justified rejection of the explanation that the undertakings were misunderstood or unauthorised and made the apology insufficient. It further explains that contempt jurisdiction may include consequential directions to neutralise the benefit of disobedience, including immediate delivery of vacant possession and coercive execution if compliance fails, while monetary claims such as arrears and mesne profits continue in execution. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=464538