C.A. No. 001820 / 2018

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An application mislabelled as a contempt petition, where the actual grievance pertains to disobedience of an injunction order, must be treated as an application under Order XXXIX Rule 2A CPC rather than under the Contempt of Courts Act — these being distinct jurisdictions. Furthermore, under the J&K Contempt of Courts Act, 1997, subordinate courts lack inherent jurisdiction to take cognizance of or adjudicate contempt of themselves, that power vesting exclusively in the High Court. This analysis is brought to you by casestatus.in, where Indian judgments are distilled into precise legal principles.