Supreme Court: In a suo motu case concerning the controversial ‘Pakistan’ and ‘undergarment’ comments made by Karnataka High Court judge, Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda, a 5-Judge Bench comprising Dr. DY Chandrachud, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. sought a report from the Karnataka High Court Registrar General on the same, after seeking administrative directions from the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. This exercise was directed to be carried out in 2 weeks.
Two videos of Justice Srishananda had gone viral on social media. In one video, he was referring to a Muslim dominated sub-locality in West Bengaluru as ‘Pakistan’. In the second video, he was scolding a woman lawyer for answering a question put to the opposite party’s counsel. As a joke, the judge said to the woman lawyer that she seems to know a lot about the opposite party, and that she might even reveal the colour of his undergarments next. These videos led to outrage on social media, with many demanding that strict action be taken against the judge.
The Court also sought the assistance of Attorney General for India R Venkataramani and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in the matter.
The Court said that it may lay down some basic guidelines.
Source: Press
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