Supreme Court of India

Indian Airports Employees Union v. Ranjan Chaterjee and Anr.

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Reported as [1999] 1 S.C.R. 326
Bench M. Jagannadha Rao and D.P. Wadhwa JJ.
Decided 2 February 1999

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Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 : Section 2(b ). Civil contempt-Wilful disobedience-Disobedience of order of court-Supreme Coult directed regularisation of workmen upon abolition of contract labour system-However, certain workmen were not regularised on the ground that the said direction did not apply to these workmen-Held, in order to amount to "civil contempt" disobedience must be "wilful''-!/ dis­ obedience is based 011 interpretation of court's order, notification and other relevant documents it does not amount to wilful disobedience--Funher, the question of regularisation has to be decided

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