Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 353 · Decided 12 March 2019
National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 353 · [2019] 5 S.C.R. 313
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 191/2019
- Decided
- 12 March 2019
- Bench
- R.F. NARIMAN, VINEET SARAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 - An advocate 'MN', appearing on behalf of the petitioners attempted to browbeat and insult Judges of the Supreme Court - Held: It was not the first time the advocate in question and insult Judges of the Supreme Court - Considering, the course of behaviour of the advocate before Tribunals, the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court, it was clear that the said advocate embarked on a calculated course of conduct to defeat the administration of justice in this
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)