You cannot call any part of India Pakistan… CJI reprimanded the judge of Karnataka High Court

Learn about the case in detail

In fact, a Justice of the Karnataka High Court had allegedly made a comment against a woman lawyer during court proceedings and then during the proceedings of another case, he called a Muslim-dominated area of ​​​​Bangalore as Pakistan. The Supreme Court had taken cognizance of this. The Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of this matter on 20 September. The High Court Justice had called a Muslim-dominated area of ​​​​Bangalore 'Pakistan' in another case related to the landlord-tenant dispute. The Supreme Court said that the courts should avoid any such objectionable remarks during the judicial process. They should not make such comments. Such comments that show prejudice against women or such comments against any section of the society should not be made which are biased.

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Chief Justice's advice to judges

Supreme Court Chief Justice Chandrachud has told judges across the country to avoid any kind of unwanted comment during the hearing. Judges should not make such comments which are biased against a particular community or biased towards women. Supreme Court Chief Justice said that you cannot call any part of India Pakistan. Chief Justice stopped the proceedings by making this comment verbally. Karnataka High Court Justice had called a particular area of ​​Bangalore Pakistan.

Controversy over calling Muslim majority region 'Pakistan'

In the video of the hearing in the Karnataka High Court, at one place the Justice had called the Muslim-dominated area of ​​Bangalore as Pakistan and in another video the Justice had made objectionable remarks against a woman lawyer. That case was related to a marital dispute. The apex court said that any careless comment during the hearing can be biased. During the court proceedings, the judge will have to take care that he does not make any such comment which is biased against women or any section of the society.

There should be no objectionable comments in courts- CJI

The Chief Justice said that there should be no objectionable comments in the courts and also said that live streaming cannot be stopped because of the controversy created due to this. The answer to the day's sunshine can only be sunlight. Live streaming cannot be stopped just because videos with objectionable comments are being broadcast. The answer to the sunshine is sunlight. What happens in the court cannot be suppressed during the hearing. This is a reminder to everyone that live streaming will not stop in the court and live streaming cannot be stopped on the basis of such comments.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court said bluntly

After the Supreme Court's order, Attorney General R Venkataramani mentioned some messages received regarding comments on 'X' and said that all the messages are bitter. On this, the Chief Justice said, have you seen the judge's comment? No one can call any part of India Pakistan. Because all this is basically against the territorial integrity of the country. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said during this time that social media cannot be controlled.

On the court proceedings going viral on social media, the Chief Justice said- live streaming will continue

On this, the Chief Justice said that we would like to tell you that hiding any wrong thing is not a solution, but it has to be faced. Narrow thinking cannot be the answer to all this. Live streaming of court proceedings has also come within the reach of social media. Now most of the High Courts have rules for live streaming and video conferencing. In court proceedings, the judge, lawyer, plaintiff and parties all have to be always alert. The access to the hearing is not limited to the people present in the court but it is also accessible to other people.