Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 305 · Decided 3 June 2021
Abhishek Kumar Singh v. G. Pattanaik & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 305 · [2021] 5 S.C.R. 305
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11017/2018
- Decided
- 3 June 2021
- Bench
- A.M. KHANWILKAR, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 226
Headnote
Contempt of Court: Civil contempt - It is well settled that contempt action ought to proceed only in respect of established wilful disobedience of the order of the Court - In the instant case, the limited direction given by the High Court and Court was to permit the petitioners to work on the concerned posts and to pay them regular salary as and when the same accrues to them - Grievance of the petitioners in the first set of contempt petitions was that the respondents have appointed them afresh instead of reinstatement with
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