SC Drops Contempt Proceedings Against Katju After Accepting His Apology [Read Order]
A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi of the Supreme Court today dropped the contempt proceedings against former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandeya Katju pertaining to certain blogs he had written against the bench in sensational Soumya case after accepting his unconditional apology.At the outset Rajeev Dhavan, senior lawyer representing Katju drew the attention of bench of Justice Gogoi. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi of the Supreme Court today dropped the contempt proceedings against former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandeya Katju pertaining to certain blogs he had written against the bench in sensational Soumya case after accepting his unconditional apology. At the outset Rajeev Dhavan, senior lawyer representing Katju drew the attention of bench of Justice Gogoi and Justice U U Lalit to Katju's apology affidavit. "Justice Katju has filed an affidavit tendering unconditional apology and also deleted the blogs and facebook posts.he also says that he has always and also continue to respect judiciary as an institution" After Dhavan's submission justice Gogoi dictated the following order: "in view of the apology tendered we close the case".
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