Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 758 · Decided 25 September 2024
In Re: Remarks BY High Court Judge During Court Proceedings v.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 758 · [2024] 9 S.C.R. 668
- Case number
- SUO MOTO WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 9/2024
- Decided
- 25 September 2024
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, SANJIV KHANNA, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, SURYA KANT, HRISHIKESH ROY (5-judge bench)
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 401; Constitution Article 32; NI Act Section 138
Headnote
Certain misogynistic remarks as well as comments prejudicial to a particular community were made by a Judge of the High Court of Karnataka in the course of the judicial proceedings. Suo motu case taken up Court. Judicial Discipline - Misogynistic comments to a woman lawyer and casual observations against a particular community at large made by the Judge during judicial proceedings - Suo motu proceedings taken up by the Supreme Court however, notice was not issued to
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