criminal contempt proceedings
The Karnataka High Court accepted an advocate’s unconditional apology and recalled contempt, Bar Council and criminal action, directing him to pay ₹1,000 and plant 1,000 fruit-bearing saplings.
Read Full ArticleKerala High Court initiates suo motu contempt proceedings against Advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara over unauthorised YouTube recordings of court proceedings and bars him from virtual hearings.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a review plea, imposing ₹1 lakh costs for misuse of legal process and baseless allegations against senior advocates and judges.
The Delhi High Court has closed criminal contempt proceedings initiated by it against author Anand Ranganathan over remarks allegedly targetting Justice (Retd.) S Muralidhar in 2018, stating that continuing the same would be a "sheer wastage of time". Read more here.
The Delhi High Court will be hearing on Monday a plea by one Jagdish Ice Factory and Md. Laeeq of Al Zubair Foods for de-sealing of its cold storage, after the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) sealed its premises and destroyed nearly 60,000 kg of spurious, rotting meat (allegedly camel meat) seized from there. Why did the Delhi High Court pull up the concerned FSSAI officer? Find out that and more, here.
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