In a contempt jurisdiction, Court cannot travel beyond original judgment: SC

V. Senthur And Another Vs M. Vijayakumar (Supreme Court of India)

Conclusion: In a contempt jurisdiction, the court will not travel beyond the original judgment and direction; neither would it be permissible for the court to issue any  supplementary or incidental directions, which were not to be found in the original judgment.

Held: The contempt petitioners had filed writ petitions before the Single Judge of the Madras High Court being aggrieved by the fixation of inter se seniority

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