Delhi HC convicts advocate for contempt of court for using abusive language

The Delhi High Court recently convicted an advocate who had entered the court in an inebriated state and used abusive and filthy language against a magistrate in the Karkardooma Court as well as threatened herA division bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma convicted advocate Sanjay Rathod of criminal contempt of court The incident took place on October 30 2015Appearing before a Court in a drunken state is also unpardonable The same is contempt on the face of the Court they saidA perusal of the language used by the RespondentContemnor qua the Judicial Officer would leave no iota of doubt that it would fall in the definition of criminal contempt as defined under the Contempt of Courts Act The language used by the Contemnor has scandalised the Court and such conduct also leads to interference in the administration of justice The words spoken are foul and abusive the division bench said in the judgement passed on August 22The bench further said Moreover because the Judicial Officer presiding the Court was a lady Judicial Officer and how the Contemnor addressed the said Judicial Officer is completely unacceptableThe division bench held that appearing before a Court in a drunken state is also unpardonable The same is contempt on the face of the Court Thus this Court does not doubt holding that the Respondent is guilty of criminal contemptThe High Court has imposed any sentence on the Convict noting that he has already undergone a custody of five months in a related FIRThe Court is inclined to punish the Respondent for criminal contempt However on these very allegations and happenings since the Respondent has already served a sentence of over 5 months further sentence is not imposed on the Respondent The period already undergone by the respondent herein is held as the punishment for the present criminal contempt the High Court saidOn 30th October 2015 Magistrate passed an order recoding that the accused owner of the vehicle had appeared before the Court along with Counsel who is now the Contemnor They were apprised that the matter was adjourned and a date had been given for the matterHowever immediately thereafter the CounselContemnor started shouting in the Court and used abusive and filthy languageAfter considering the said language which was used by the advocate a communication was sent by the Metropolitan Magistrate to the High Court on 31st October 2015 Thereafter the High Court had started hearing a suo moto contempt against the AdvocateAdvocate Vrinda Grover was appointed amicus Curae in this caseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever