The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a contempt of court plea filed by an advocate-on-record (AoR) against the top court's Secretary General and Registrar (Judicial Administration) for non-listing of a case [Manoj vs State of UP].Justices BR Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra strongly deprecated the course of action adopted by the lawyer and said that it was 'browbeating tactic'. ."We strongly deprecate this. This is nothing but a browbeating tactic. Will a contempt also lie against the judges now if cases are not listed," the Court asked.It then proceeded to dismiss the plea..The plea was filed by AoR Devrat.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a contempt of court plea filed by an advocate-on-record (AoR) against the top court's Secretary General and Registrar (Judicial Administration) for non-listing of a case [Manoj vs State of UP].Justices BR Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra strongly deprecated the course of action adopted by the lawyer and said that it was 'browbeating tactic'. ."We strongly deprecate this. This is nothing but a browbeating tactic. Will a contempt also lie against the judges now if cases are not listed," the Court asked.It then proceeded to dismiss the plea..The plea was filed by AoR Devrat.