Civil Procedure Code, 1908
Order 39 Rule 2A—Wilful and contumacious disobedience of injunction order—Punishment for contempt—Act of defendants in continuing to sell Palbociclib, in the teeth of injunction order granted by High Court, in a different packing, as evincing wilful and contumacious conduct on their part—Court found defendants guilty of having committed contempt of court within the meaning of Order 39 Rule 2A of CPC—Apology tendered in affidavit is also, unacceptable, coming from a person who is completely unwilling to disclose, to the High Court, the exact quantity of Palbociclib which first defendant dealt in—Defendant, who has already been found guilty of wilful and contumacious disobedience, against which defendant has not preferred any appellate or other remedy, is also unwilling to come clean before this Court or to disclose to the High Court the amount of Palbociclib in which it has dealt—As the defendant has clearly committed wilful and contumacious contempt of the High Court within the meaning of Order 39 Rule 2A of the CPC, the first defendant through director, he has rendered himself liable to punishment—Defendant directed to pay amount of rupees two crores to the plaintiff with default stipulation.
[Paras 8, 16, 18, 19 & 23]