alleged contemners, praying that
they be held guilty of `civil contempt' for
violating orders passed by this Court on April ... enacts that contempt of court means
`civil contempt or criminal contempt'. Clause
(b) defines `civil contempt' thus;
(b) `civil contempt' means wilful
criminal contempt :
28. What is the distinction between civil contempt and criminal contempt ? Civil contempt or contempt in procedure as it is called, consists ... being used to compel performance of a civil obligation. It is a civil process. It is civil contempt, if proved. I do note regard
contours of power of the Court so far as
commission of civil contempt is concerned have been
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elaborated upon in a number of pronouncements ... State of Bihar1 .
“For holding the respondents to have committed
contempt, civil contempt at that, it has to be shown
that there has been wilful
argued that respondent nos.1 to 5 are
guilty of civil contempt inasmuch as they willfully disobeyed the directions contained
in order dated 30.9.2007 passed ... object of its contempt jurisdiction in the following
words:-
"For holding the respondents to have committed contempt, civil
contempt at that
contempt, an appeal would lie. It has, therefore, to be seen whether the contempt in the present case, assuming contempt was committed, was civil ... distinction between civil and criminal contempt can be drawn and the contempt committed cannot be broadly classed as either civil or criminal contempt. There
mean 'civil contempt or criminal
contempt'. 'Civil contempt' is defined in Sec. 2(b) to mean
willful disobedience to any judgment ... mean 'civil contempt or criminal
contempt'. 'Civil con
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tempt' is defined in Sec. 2(b) to mean wilful disobedience
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
1. D.B.Civil Contempt Petition No.156/2011
Dairy Karamchari Union, Jodhpur ... Trashal & ors.
2. D.B.Civil Contempt Petition No.162/2011
Chandra Ram Faroda V/s R.K.Trashal
KSHETRA VIDYUT VITRAN COMPANY
LTD DISTT REWA MP (MADHYA PRADESH)
.....RESPONDENTS
CONTEMPT PETITION CIVIL No. 1363 of 2019
Between:-
UMA SHANKAR DWIVEDI S/O LATE ... EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
DISTT SAGAR MP DISTT SAGAR MP (MADHYA
PRADESH)
.....RESPONDENTS
CONTEMPT PETITION CIVIL No. 1398 of 2019
Between:-
UMA SHANKAR DWIVEDI S/O SHRI
constitutional scheme. The civil
contempt alleged is the contempt of the High Court as such and not the
contempt of the author of the order ... court dealing
with contempt matter and it becomes necessary to scrutinize the same before
deciding the contempt petition, then the contempt matter would have
unless the context otherwise
requires, -
(a) XXX XXX XXX
(b) ―civil contempt‖ means wilful disobedience to any
judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process ... this section, where a
person is found guilty of a civil contempt, the court, if it
considers that a fine will not meet the ends
