Contempt Jurisdiction A Necessity, Availability Of Alternative Remedy No Bar To Invoke It: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

Terming contempt jurisdiction as a 'Jurisdiction of Necessity', the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that a contempt petition cannot be held to be not maintainable on the ground of availability of alternative remedy.Justice Sanjay K Agrawal was considering preliminary objection raised to a contempt petition that since the execution application is maintainable under Section 36 of...