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The Supreme Court on Wednesday reprimanded a judge of the Karnataka High Court and closed the proceedings initiated over his allegedly objectionable comments. In fact, while hearing a case, Supreme Court Justice Vedvyasachar Srishananda described a particular community-dominated area of ​​Bangalore as ‘Pakistan’. Also, during the hearing, the judge also made objectionable comments about the lawyer.
What did the CJI say?
Supreme Court Justice DY Chandrachud said we cannot describe any part of India as Pakistan. At the same time, courts should be careful not to make comments during judicial proceedings that could be considered misogynistic or prejudiced against any section of society.
The bench further said that casual comments during the proceedings may reflect personal bias, especially when they are perceived to be based on sexism or against the community. We express our serious concern about comments about a particular gender or community. Such comments may be interpreted negatively. We hope and trust that the responsibility assigned to all stakeholders will be carried out without any prejudice and caution.
SG said this to the court
Attorney General Tosher Mehta said that a High Court judge expressed regret for the comment. Now he apologized. That’s why you can’t overdo it. Sometimes we say something. We are all in the public eye now. Therefore, the case must be closed.
closure of proceedings
In fact, a five-member bench headed by the CJI said Karnataka High Court judge Justice V. Sreeshanand had apologized in open court on September 21 for his comments. Therefore the procedure is closed.
In its order, the committee emphasized that the core and soul of judging is fairness and justice. Judges should be guided only by those values ​​enshrined in the constitution.
The Supreme Court itself understood
The Supreme Court on September 20 took cognizance of the remarks against a lawyer and the objectionable comments of a High Court judge in another case regarding the naming of a Muslim-dominated area in Bengaluru as ‘Pakistan’. A five-judge bench headed by the chief justice said that lines need to be drawn Clear guidelines for the comments of the judges of the constitutional courts. The judge closed the case proceedings today by issuing reprimands. In addition to the chief justice, there is also judge S. Khanna, judge Bar Gwai, judge H. Roy.
That’s the whole point
Earlier on September 20, the Supreme Court also took cognizance of objectionable remarks allegedly made by a Karnataka High Court judge against a woman lawyer during court proceedings. In fact, a video of the court proceedings has gone viral on social media, in which the judge is seen scolding the lawyer. According to media reports, during this time he also allegedly made some objectionable comments against the lawyer.
In the viral video, the judge appears to berate the lawyer, saying, ‘She seems to know a lot about the opposition party and knows so much that she can probably even tell the color of their underwear.’ Senior lawyer Indira Jaisingh shared a post on social media and appealed to the Chief Justice to take cognizance of this matter.
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