https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781959 SC held that the Single Judge's contempt order had crystallized a substantive right in favour of the petitioner by directing grant of promotion to the rank of IG, at least with effect from 2021, and not merely adjudicated willful disobedience of an earlier Division Bench order. Consequently, the Division Bench erred in treating the judgment as confined only to contempt and in holding that no rights and obligations were decided, thereby rendering the Letters Patent Appeal non-maintainable. SC set aside the Division Bench's order, restored the Letters Patent Appeal to its file, and directed the Division Bench to hear and decide it on merits. en-us Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:57:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781959 SC held that the Single Judge's contempt order had crystallized a substantive right in favour of the petitioner by directing grant of promotion to the rank of IG, at least with effect from 2021, and not merely adjudicated willful disobedience of an earlier Division Bench order. Consequently, the Division Bench erred in treating the judgment as confined only to contempt and in holding that no rights and obligations were decided, thereby rendering the Letters Patent Appeal non-maintainable. SC set aside the Division Bench's order, restored the Letters Patent Appeal to its file, and directed the Division Bench to hear and decide it on merits. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781959