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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
PRATHIBA M.SINGH, MADHU JAIN
Dalbir Singh Yadav – Appellant
Versus
Rajdarbar Heritage Ventures Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Prathiba M. Singh, J.
1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.
2. The present appeal has been filed by the Appellants under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, inter alia, assailing the impugned order dated 14th January, 2026 passed by the ld. Single Judge inCONT.CAS(C) No. 1822/2025 titled ‘Rajdarbar Heritage Venture ltd. v. Dalbir Singh Yadav’(hereinafter, ‘impugned order’).
3. The background of the present case is that, an arbitration petition being O.M.P. (I) (Comm.) NO. 335/ 2024 under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter, ‘the Arbitration Act’) was filed by the Respondent before the ld. Single Judge. The same was based upon the ‘Collaboration Agreement’ dated NIL of 2001. Vide order dated 30th September, 2024 (hereinafter, ‘the status quo order’) the ld. Single judge had directed as under:
“12. In the meantime, status quo shall be maintained by the parties as regards title and possession of the land forming part of the Collaboration Agreement. It is made clear that this order shall not affect the rights of the acquiring authority and/ or affect any other pending legal proceeding qua the acquisition of the land i
An appeal under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act is maintainable only against orders imposing punishment for contempt; non-punitive orders are not appealable.
The court clarified that in contempt proceedings, the judge's role is limited to assessing compliance with prior orders, not issuing new directives, emphasizing the maintainability of appeals under S....
An appeal under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, is maintainable against any order in contempt proceedings, not just punitive orders.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the limitation on the appealability of a contempt Judge's order under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act and Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Rules....
Contempt of court - LPA against the orders passed in contempt petition is not maintainable as said orders are interlocutory in nature.
The contempt jurisdiction is to ensure compliance with the order of the Writ Court and cannot be used to review or challenge the correctness of the order passed in compliance with the direction of th....
Contempt proceedings cannot substitute for enforcement of binding court decisions; non-compliance must involve clear disregard of valid orders. The exercise of contempt jurisdiction is limited to ens....
Contempt jurisdiction must adhere to strict procedural norms and should not incorporate issues merits of the underlying dispute, as confirmed by established legal precedents.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the Contempt Court must be conscious that it is not possessed of the powers of other corrective jurisdictions like review or appeal against th....
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