New Delhi:

The Supreme Court docket right this moment sought a report from the Karnataka Excessive Court docket over controversial remarks made by Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda throughout a current court docket listening to. Justice Srishananda, whereas addressing a landlord-tenant dispute, referred to a Muslim-majority space in Bengaluru as “Pakistan” and made a misogynistic remark involving a lady lawyer. 

A five-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India  DY Chandrachud, together with Justices S Khanna, B R Gavai, S Kant, and H Roy, expressed the necessity for establishing clear tips for constitutional court docket judges relating to their remarks in court docket. The Supreme Court docket bench stated that when social media performs an energetic function in monitoring and amplifying courtroom proceedings, there may be an urgency to make sure judicial commentary aligns with the decorum anticipated from courts of regulation.

“Consideration has been drawn to media experiences to the feedback made by Justice…of Karnataka Excessive Court docket in the course of the court docket proceedings. We request the Karnataka Excessive Court docket to submit a report after in search of directions from the Chief Justice of the excessive court docket,” Chief Justice Chandrachud stated. We could lay down some primary tips.” 

Chief Justice Chandrachud ordered the report back to be filed and submitted inside two days. The listening to of the matter is scheduled for Wednesday, subsequent week. 

Movies of Justice Srishanananda have gone viral on social media.

 In a single video, he refers to a Muslim-dominated locality in Bengaluru as “Pakistan” and on one other video he was seen making objectionable feedback towards a lady lawyer. Within the second incident, Justice Srishanananda could be heard telling the girl lawyer that she appeared to know loads concerning the “opposition occasion”, a lot in order that she would possibly be capable to reveal the color of their undergarments.