Section 63

Section 63 grants the Cyber Appellate Tribunal the same contempt jurisdiction as a High Court — an essential institutional power for any quasi-judicial body that issues binding orders. Without contempt powers, parties could ignore Tribunal orders with impunity, rendering its adjudication worthless. By equating the Tribunal's contempt powers to those of a High Court and applying the Contempt of Courts Act 1971, Section 63 gives the Tribunal authority to: punish civil contempt (wilful disobedience of Tribunal orders or breach of undertakings); punish criminal contempt (scandalising the Tribunal, obstructing justice, or prejudicing proceedings); commit contemnors to imprisonment for up to 6 months; impose fines up to ₹2,000; and demand an apology as a condition for discharging the contempt. The modification in Section 63 — that references to 'High Court' in the Contempt of Courts Act are read as including the Cyber Appellate Tribunal — achieves this by legislative deeming rather than a separate contempt code. Contempt proceedings before the Tribunal follow the same procedural safeguards as High Court contempt: show cause notice, opportunity to be heard, and the right to purge contempt by compliance or apology.