Judges Are Not Fearful Saints: SC Bars Lawyer Convicted For Criminal Contempt From Entering Allahabad District Court For 3 Years [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

10 May 2019 7:05 PM IST

"What may be proper to others in the society, may be improper for him [Lawyer] to do as he belongs to an intellectual class of the society and as a member of the noble profession, the expectations from him are accordingly higher."

Judges are not fearful saints, but have to fearless preachers, said the Supreme Court while upholding the Allahabad High Court order convicting an Advocate for criminal contempt for misbehaving and assaulting a Chief Judicial Magistrate. The bench comprising Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Navin Sinha, however, suspended the sentence of imprisonment of 6 months awarded by the High Court...

Judges Are Not Fearful Saints: SC Bars Lawyer Convicted For Criminal Contempt From Entering Allahabad District Court For 3 Years [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"What may be proper to others in the society, may be improper for him [Lawyer] to do as he belongs to an intellectual class of the society and as a member of the noble profession, the expectations from him are accordingly higher."

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