A Bench of Justices Arvind Kumar Mishra-I and Manish Mathur issued notice in the petition, opining,
“We upon careful perusal of entirety of the case find it a case for interference considering the entirety of this case, dignity and honour of the judiciary and prima facie, find upon perusal of the report dated 10.12.2021 that the act committed by Mr. Sharad Kumar Gupta, Advocate comes within the purview of Criminal Contempt as defined under Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 since it scandalises or tends to scandalise and lower the authority of the Court concerned.”
Source: Barandbench
