Kerala Judicial Officers’ Association seeks contempt of court proceedings against those who scandalised judge

The Kerala Judicial Officers’ Association has approached the Kerala High Court to initiate contempt proceedings against those who publically scandalised the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Ernakulam, who pronounced the judgement successful the 2017 histrion rape case.

The High Court shall initiate capable measures to uphold the dignity of the members of the judiciary, to nonstop the offenders and societal media platforms to delete the malicious and derogatory contents, and to restrain societal media platforms from exhibiting materials containing specified contents.

In its representation, the relation sought to support the independency of the judiciary and to guarantee capable safeguards for judicial officers from specified nationalist vilification and scandalisation. Certain media houses and individuals with vested involvement began disseminating baseless allegations aft she delivered the judgement successful the case, portion a fewer starring Malayalam dailies published quality of the verdict connected their beforehand pages, on with the photograph of the judge, successful usurpation of the directions of the apex court, it noted.

The relation besides named a fewer actors, lawyers, journalists, and dubbing artistes for making assertive and derogatory comments. The comments of immoderate lawyers were contemptuous and unbecoming of ineligible professionals governed by the Advocates Act.

The statements made by immoderate individuals amounted to transgression contempt made with mala fide intentions. The contemners, who made the allegations of a transgression quality against a woman justice connected platforms accessible worldwide, lowered the authorization of the judiciary successful the nationalist oculus and attracted transgression contempt, noted T. Madhusoodanan, the president of the association.

The practice noted that the videos and articles circulated done societal media platforms contained wild, defamatory, and scandalous imputations against the judicial officer. Noting that specified materials are intended to erode nationalist assurance successful the judiciary by scandalising a justice successful the eyes of the nationalist and amounted to transgression contempt of tribunal nether Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, the assemblage sought the High Court’s urgent involution successful the matter.