Regent International Hotels Ltd. v. Cyril Gardiner and Others – 1978_79_80 volume 1 page 278

In the case between Regent International Hotels Ltd. and Galle Face Hotel Company Ltd. (including Cyril Gardiner and other associated directors), the court addressed the issue of whether disobedience of an enjoining order issued by a District Court constitutes contempt of court, as well as the scope of orders binding on juristic persons and their officers and the jurisdiction of higher courts to punish for contempt. It was held that breach of an operative enjoining order does amount to contempt of court, reaffirming the principle that court orders, including interim injunctions or enjoining orders, must be strictly obeyed by all parties to whom they are directed, including juristic persons and their officers. This decision relied on statutory provisions from the Civil Procedure Code, provi