Explanation: Contempt of court may be civil or criminal. Civil contempt means willful disobedience to any judgement, order, writ or other process of a court or willful breach of an undertaking given to a court.

Criminal contempt means the publication of any matter or doing an act which–(i) scandalizes or lowers the authority of a court; or (ii) prejudices or interferes with the due course of a judicial proceeding; or (iii) interferes or obstructs the administration of justice in any other manner.

Source: Laxmikanth