IN RE: AJAY KUMAR PANDEY, ADVOCATE Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The alleged contender -Ajay Kumar Pandey, a practising advocate, filed a criminal complaint against an Advocate Mr. Mahesh Giri and an Additional District Judge, Ms. Saroj Bala, then posted as VII Additional District Judge, Lucknow, Under Ss. 499 and 500 IPC, after first serving them with a notice demanding compensation for defaming him. The allegations made in that complaint are not relevant for our purpose. That complaint was dismissed on 16.11.1994. He thereafter filed a Criminal Revision in the High Court which was also dismissed by a learned single Judge of the High Court (Virendra Saran, J) on 15.2.1995. While dismissing the revision petition, the learned single Judge inter alia observed : -

(2.) The alleged contemner, thereafter, filed Special Leave Petition (Crl.) Nos.819 -820 of 1996 against the judgment of Virendra Saran, J dated 15.2.1995.

(3.) It appears that the alleged contemner had filed another complaint on 12.9.1994 Under Ss. 500 and 504 IPC against seven advocates namely (1) Shri Prakash Narayan Awasthi (2) Shri R.P. Misra (3) Shri Vishambhar Singh (4) Shri T.N. Misra (5) Shri Srikant Verma (6) Shri Pankaj Sinha and (7) Shri N.C. Pradhan, in which it was alleged that those advocates had made defamatory imputations regarding the relationship between him and Ms. Saroj Bala, Add l. District Judge. In that complaint an application giving a list of 31 advocates for being summoned as witnesses was filed. That application was rejected by the Trial Court. He, therefore, filed Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 4114 of 1995 against that order.