Relief Denied to Advocate Facing Contempt for Alleging Judge Was ‘Dishonest’ and Lacked ‘Probity’: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has refused to recall its earlier order referring an Advocate to the Division Bench for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings under Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, after he accused the Court of bias, dishonesty, and lack of probity in a written submission during a bail hearing. The single bench of Justice Siddharth, while hearing the recall plea, held that even though the…