Madras HC sends man to jail for 6 months for making outrageous remarks against sitting judges | India news

PU Venkatesan, the person found guilty of contempt of court, was present in the Supreme Court when he was sentenced. The court in its order noted that venkatesan not only opposed but also “challenged us (judges) to pass any order but also addressed both of us as criminals before the entire community of lawyers and litigants, except the Court’s staff members.” “

Madras High Court (file photo)

Chennai: Making outrageous allegations against judges of the Supreme Court and the Madras High Court landed a man in trouble.

The Madras High Court on Thursday sentenced a man, PU Venkatesan, to six months in prison after he made reckless allegations on social media against three judges of the Madras High Court and one judge of the Supreme Court and also sent a letter to the Chief Justice of India against the judges .

Based on a suo motu contempt petition, the man was sentenced to six months in prison

PU Ventakesan’s six-month jail sentence was imposed on a suo motu contempt petition filed against him by the Madras High Court.

The High Court in its order noted: “Such conduct is contemptuous not only of us but also of the entire justice system. Since Kontemnor did not show any remorse and even encouraged us to issue any order of our choosing, we believe that Kontemnor’s letters of April 17, 2024 and April 22, 2024 will scandalize, prejudice and disturb the proper course of our affairs. judicial proceedings, other than obstruction of justice.”

The man was present in court when the verdict was announced

PU Venkatesan, the person found guilty of contempt of court, was present in the Supreme Court when he was sentenced. The court in its order noted that venkatesan not only opposed but also “challenged us (judges) to pass any order but also addressed both of us as criminals before the entire community of lawyers and litigants, except the Court’s staff members.” “

By law, the courts in this country have the power under the Contempt of Court Act 1971 to punish anyone for criminal contempt who publishes anything that scandalizes or tends to scandalize or lowers or tends to lower the authority of any court; or prejudices, disrupts or tends to disrupt the orderly conduct of any judicial proceeding; or interferes or tends to interfere, obstruct or tends to obstruct the administration of justice in any other way.