These were contempt proceedings in which the defendants and their agents and servants were restrained by an order of interim injunction from selling subdivision B of lot No. 12744/M Lusaka and from interfering with the Plaintiff’s occupation of subdivision B of Lot 124744/M until final determination of the matter or such further order of this Court. The Plaintiff alleged that the First Defendant and his son were in breach of the order of interim injunction and had finished construction of a house on the property and had moved in with three other unknown people.
Held
- The conduct of the 1st Defendant and his son was contemptuous and lowered the Court’s dignity and if let to continue would erode the authority of the Court and would not be tolerated.
- The 1st Defendant and his son were guilty of contempt of Court a bench warrant of arrest be issued against the 1st Defendant and his son and they were committed to prison for eight days simple imprisonment.
