Judicial Discipline – Misogynistic comments to a woman lawyer and casual observations against a particular community at large made by the Judge during judicial proceedings – Suo motu proceedings taken up by the Supreme Court however, notice was not issued to the Judge to maintain the institutional dignity of the High Courts and the Judges:
Held: The report submitted by the Registrar General of the High Court of Karnataka showed that the observations made were unrelated to the course of the proceedings – They should have been eschewed – Serious concern expressed about the reference to gender and to a segment of the community, deprecated – Accepting the apology tendered by the Judge in the open court proceedings, in the interest of preserving the dignity of the institution, proceedings not pursued further. [Paras 17, 13]
Administration of Justice – Access to justice – Live reporting of court proceedings – Casual observations, impact – Responsibility of judges, lawyers and other stake holders, discussed.
As published in the Supreme Court Reports, Supreme Court of India. Headnotes prepared by: Divya Pandey. Text from the Indian Supreme Court Judgments open data set (Dattam Labs), CC BY 4.0.
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