CHANDER PAL SINGH vs AJAY KUMAR JOSHI

The Supreme Court addressed contempt petitions under Sections 2 & 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, asserting that the respondents willfully disobeyed its prior judgment from 20.3.2001, which affirmed that Kurk Amins are government servants entitled to civil post status. The Court held that the respondents' failure to treat the petitioners as government servants and to pay them accordingly constituted contempt. Consequently, the Court initiated contempt proceedings against the respondents for non-compliance with its earlier order.