New Delhi: The Delhi Excessive Courtroom has sentenced a lawyer to 6 months in jail for contempt of courtroom, discovering him responsible of creating contumacious allegations and scandalous imputations in opposition to judges of the Excessive Courtroom and District Courts in a felony enchantment on behalf of a rape survivor.
The division bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Shailender Kaur imposed the six-month jail time period with a wonderful of Rs. 2,000.
The courtroom acknowledged that the lawyer, being an officer of the courtroom, made unwarranted and baseless allegations within the enchantment in opposition to judges discharging their judicial features.
It confused the necessity for the courtroom to examine such actions firmly to stop pernicious penalties.
The lawyer was given a chance to apologise for the “contemptuous allegations”, however he stood by his accusations, claiming that the judges have been overtly favouring the accused individuals.
The courtroom famous the dearth of repentance in his conduct and actions, resulting in the responsible verdict.
The bench directed the involved SHO to rearrange for police officers to take the lawyer dwelling to meet his requests earlier than being taken to Tihar Jail.
The courtroom additionally instructed jail authorities to permit the lawyer to take his common medicines.
The contempt proceedings have been initiated after the lawyer made allegations in opposition to trial courtroom and excessive courtroom judges in a felony enchantment.
The only decide had issued discover to the lawyer, noting that whereas the judiciary shouldn’t be immune from criticism, it shouldn’t be primarily based on distorted information or gross misrepresentation to deliberately decrease its dignity and respect.
