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( 3 ) THE questions referred for consideration of the larger bench are whether the Labour courts under the Bombay Industrial Relations Act and the Industrial Disputes Act and Industrial Courts under the Bombay Industrial Relation Act and industrial Tribunals under the Industrial Disputes Act are courts and courts subordinate to the High Court in terms of sec. 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act and whether the Board of Nominees functioning under sec. 96 of the Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act 1961 as well as the Co-operative Tribunals constituted under the said Act are courts and Courts subordinate to the High Court within the meaning of sec. 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act 1971

( 4 ) IN order to answer the aforesaid questions it will be necessary to have a look at the relevant statutory provisions holding the field.

( 5 ) II Statutory Provision: Contempt of Courts Act 1971 defines con- tempt of court mean as per sec. 2 (a) of the said Act. Civil contempt is defined by sec. 2 (b) as under:"civil contempt means wilful disobedience to any judgment decree direction order writ or other process of a court or willful breach of and undertaking given to a court