Civil Contempt
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Civil contempt, means wilful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court or wilful breach of an undertaking given to a court. [Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (70 of 1971), s. 2 (b)]
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