HC imposes Rs20k fine on lawyer facing contempt
TNN | Apr 4, 2019, 04:04 IST
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs20,000 on lawyer Arvind Waghmare who had moved an application seeking hearing by a three-judge bench instead of two. Rejecting the plea, the court imposed the cost on Waghmare and his four clients before asking them to file their reply in contempt case by April 18.
During the previous hearing, the court had taken Waghmare in judicial custody for levelling “baseless allegations” against sitting judges. It was only after he tendered an unconditional apology on an affidavit that the court released him with a warning not to repeat such things again.
The case was heard thrice in a day, a rarity, and all the times, it was jam-packed with lawyers, litigants and court officials anxiously waiting for the case’s outcome.
A division bench comprising justices Zaka Haq and Vinay Deshpande initiated new suo motu contempt proceedings against Waghmare after he started making allegations against the judges and asked them to recuse themselves from his case.
During the previous hearing, the court had taken Waghmare in judicial custody for levelling “baseless allegations” against sitting judges. It was only after he tendered an unconditional apology on an affidavit that the court released him with a warning not to repeat such things again.
The case was heard thrice in a day, a rarity, and all the times, it was jam-packed with lawyers, litigants and court officials anxiously waiting for the case’s outcome.
A division bench comprising justices Zaka Haq and Vinay Deshpande initiated new suo motu contempt proceedings against Waghmare after he started making allegations against the judges and asked them to recuse themselves from his case.
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