The Delhi High Court has sentenced a lawyer to six months in jail for contempt of court, finding him guilty of making contumacious allegations and scandalous imputations against judges of the High Court and District Courts in a criminal appeal on behalf of a rape survivor.
The division bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Shailender Kaur imposed the six-month jail term with a fine of Rs. 2,000.
The court stated that the lawyer, being an officer of the court, made unwarranted and baseless allegations in the appeal against judges discharging their judicial functions.