Practice and procedure—Application—Rules of court applicable—Application for
leave to purge contempt—Order or rule of court applicable not stated—Whether
applicant bound to state same—Whether use of the word “review” precluding court
from exercising its jurisdiction where relief sought sufficiently clear.
Contempt of court—Criminal contempt—Sanctions to be imposed—Contempt
punishable as misdemeanour—Proper to convict contemnor and impose order of
sentence—Court having no power to entertain application by contemnor for leave to
purge his contempt—Appeal only remedy available to contemnor.
Contempt of court—Civil contempt—Sanctions to be imposed—Breach of interim
injunction—Contemnor in civil proceedings committed to six months’ imprisonment—
Application by contemnor for leave to purge contempt—Whether court having
jurisdiction to entertain the application and order release of contemnor from custody—
Whether necessary for applicant to assign reasons for disobeying court’s order.