Lawyer lands contempt notice after cursing Calcutta High Court Judge with Coronavirus for refusal to hear urgent plea

"Mr. Adhikary was warned to behave but instead ... he was heard to say that my future shall be doomed by him and...he cursed that I be infected by the Coronavirus," the High Court judge recounted.

Calcutta High Court

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24 Mar 2020, 12:19 pm

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The Calcutta High Court on Monday initiated criminal contempt proceedings against a lawyer who opted to curse that a judge be infected with the Novel Corona (COVID-19) in open Court, after the judge refused to accede to the lawyer's plea for an urgent hearing.

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