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Consequences of Injunction Breach (Order XXXIX Rule 2A CPC)
Civil Procedure & Litigation Mechanics
Definition
A quasi-contempt statutory power empowering a civil court to attach the property of a person who knowingly violates an injunction order, and to order their detention in a civil prison for a term not exceeding three months.
Example
Despite an injunction order restraining construction, a developer in Noida continues building a commercial boundary wall overnight; the civil judge allows an application under Order XXXIX Rule 2A CPC, ordering the attachment of the developer's machinery and directing their detention in civil prison for one month.