Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 370 · Decided 2 August 2021
Neeraj Garg v. Sarita Rani and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 370 · [2021] 8 S.C.R. 1140
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4555/2021
- Decided
- 2 August 2021
- Bench
- R.F. NARIMAN, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Expunction of remarks: Remarks made against counsel in judgments in which he was representing one of the parties - Judicial propriety - Held: The offending comments recorded in the High Court judgments were apparently made based on the personal perception of the Judge - comments, counsel was not given any opportunity to put forth his explanation - Such condemnation of the counsel, without giving him an opportunity of being heard would be a negation of the principles of audi alteram partem - The requisite degree of restraint and sobriety expected
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