SC holds three of contempt of court; hearing on quantum of sentence on May 1
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 27
The Supreme Court has held three persons guilty of contempt of court for scandalising the judiciary by levelling baseless allegations against sitting judges.
A Bench headed by Justice Deepak Gupta held
Indian Bar Association national president Nilesh Ojha, its Maharashtra and Goa state president Vijay Kurle and Human Rights Security Council national secretary Rashid Khan Pathan guilty of contempt for levelling scurrilous and scandalous allegations against Justice RF Nariman and Justice Vineet Saran.
The allegations pertained to an order sentencing advocate Mathews Nedumpara who was held guilty of contempt in March last year.
Noting that such allegations have to be dealt with sternly and nipped in the bud, the Bench posted the matter for hearing on the quantum of sentence on May 1.
“Both the complaints are ex facie contemptuous. Highly scurrilous and scandalous allegations have been levelled against the two judges of this Court. In our view, the entire contents of the complaints amount to contempt”, it said.
The top court said the contemnors were fighting a proxy battle for Nedumpara.
