NEW DELHI: Referring to wild allegations in opposition to CJI Dipak Misra, a Supreme Court bench on Monday stated a brand new trend of judge-bashing was once gaining foreign money in constitutional courts and vowed to take care of this phenomenon with an iron hand.
With legal professional general Okay Okay Venugopal terming written submissions by Vimal Wadhwan, general secretary of Bharatiya Matdata Sangathan, in the case relating to legislation apply by advocate-legislators as extremely contemptuous, a bench of CJI Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud stated, "Wild allegations will lead to a catastrophe."
When the bench sought after to fix accountability on the advocate-on-record who filed the written submissions containing the "wild allegations", senior advocate Shekhar Naphade identified a significant procedural flaw that had develop into routine in the apex court docket. "Going by the experience in the Supreme Court, so many times, advocates-on-record are not aware of the contents of what is being filed," he stated.
With Wadhwan admitting his mistake and in search of pardon with folded hands, the bench remembered the AG's Rs 1 crore contribution for relief and rehabilitation in flood-devastated Kerala and asked the contemnor what his contribution could be to the purpose.
Naphade put it at 50,000 whilst the AG stated it should be five lakh even because the contemnor agreed to deposit Rs 1 lakh in the Kerala Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Justice Chandrachud stated, "5 lakh may not be the upper limit. It is a trend to target judges these days. It gives us no joy to punish anyone for contempt. But we want to sternly deal with this trend."
CJI Misra lauded the AG for his contribution to the Kerala relief fund. The AG stated, "The contemnor should be asked to go to Kerala and physically contribute in relief and rehabilitation work." Sources stated each and every SC choose would contribute 25,000 for Kerala relief operations.
At the beginning of the hearing, Wadhwan stated he had realised his mistake and sought after to comfortable an unconditional apology. The bench asked whether or not the decision to file such written submissions in the PIL by Ashwini Upadhaya, who has sought a ban on legislation apply by lawyer-legislators, was once subsidized by a resolution passed by the managing committee of the NGO.
The SC posted the subject for further hearing on August 27.
With legal professional general Okay Okay Venugopal terming written submissions by Vimal Wadhwan, general secretary of Bharatiya Matdata Sangathan, in the case relating to legislation apply by advocate-legislators as extremely contemptuous, a bench of CJI Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud stated, "Wild allegations will lead to a catastrophe."
When the bench sought after to fix accountability on the advocate-on-record who filed the written submissions containing the "wild allegations", senior advocate Shekhar Naphade identified a significant procedural flaw that had develop into routine in the apex court docket. "Going by the experience in the Supreme Court, so many times, advocates-on-record are not aware of the contents of what is being filed," he stated.
With Wadhwan admitting his mistake and in search of pardon with folded hands, the bench remembered the AG's Rs 1 crore contribution for relief and rehabilitation in flood-devastated Kerala and asked the contemnor what his contribution could be to the purpose.
Naphade put it at 50,000 whilst the AG stated it should be five lakh even because the contemnor agreed to deposit Rs 1 lakh in the Kerala Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Justice Chandrachud stated, "5 lakh may not be the upper limit. It is a trend to target judges these days. It gives us no joy to punish anyone for contempt. But we want to sternly deal with this trend."
CJI Misra lauded the AG for his contribution to the Kerala relief fund. The AG stated, "The contemnor should be asked to go to Kerala and physically contribute in relief and rehabilitation work." Sources stated each and every SC choose would contribute 25,000 for Kerala relief operations.
At the beginning of the hearing, Wadhwan stated he had realised his mistake and sought after to comfortable an unconditional apology. The bench asked whether or not the decision to file such written submissions in the PIL by Ashwini Upadhaya, who has sought a ban on legislation apply by lawyer-legislators, was once subsidized by a resolution passed by the managing committee of the NGO.
The SC posted the subject for further hearing on August 27.
Judge-bashing a trend now, must be dealt with iron fist: SC
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