Attributing Political Colours To Judgments Is An Act Of Contempt Of Gravest Form: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

30 Jan 2019 2:18 PM IST

"Whenever any political matter comes to the Court and is decided, either way, political insinuations are attributed by unscrupulous persons/advocates. Such acts are nothing, but an act of denigrating the judiciary itself and destroys the faith of the common man which he reposes in the judicial system."

The Supreme Court, in its judgment quashing Rules 14A to 14D of the Rules of High Court of Madras, 1970, observed that attributing political colours to the judgments is nothing less than an act of contempt of gravest form. Justice Arun Mishra, who authored the judgment for the bench also comprising of Justice Vineet Saran, observed that it has become very common to the members of...

Attributing Political Colours To Judgments Is An Act Of Contempt Of Gravest Form: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

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