SUO MOTO Vs. BHARAT BHUSHAN PAREEK

JUDGEMENT

(1.) (A) Is the High Court, which is in loco parentis of the subordinate courts and the guardian of the rule of law, expected to be a silent spectator, where the dignity, security and the morale of the subordinate courts i.e. the backbone of the judiciary are put to stake, and when the very foundation of the judiciary i.e. the trust and faith of the people is sought to be shaken by a fraction of lawyers?

(2.) THESE are some of the issues which have cropped up since last one week, and which have constrained and prompted this court to initiate these suo moto proceedings in exercise of the powers conferred under Article 215 of the Constitution of India, read with Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as 'the said Act').

(3.) THE said incident was also reported in the newspapers. The copies of the orders, representations, letters and the clippings of the newspapers are on record and shall be treated as part of these proceedings. It is pertinent to note that in support of the aforesaid incident, the Bar Associations of the courts at Jaipur including of the High Court have given the call of strike and boycott the courts till the concerned Judge is transferred to some other court by the High Court.