Case Law Analysis
|Chhattisgarh High Court
Section 19 Contempt of Court Act | Appeal Maintainable Only Against Punitive Orders, Not Procedural Directions : CGHC
Chhattisgarh High Court clarifies that appeals under Section 19 of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971, lie only against orders imposing punishment or framing charges, not against interim procedural directions. This ruling narrows appellate recourse in contempt proceedings, impacting litigants seeking to challenge non-punitive orders.