Delhi High Court Sentences Lawyer To 6 Months Jail For Contempt Of Court, Seeks Action Taken Report From Bar Council #DelhiHighCourt livelaw.in/news-updates/d…
The lawyer had failed to pay use and occupation charges in respect of a property to the landlord. He was using the subject property for commercial purposes by letting it out as paying guest accommodation. #Contempt
The court had given him multiple opportunities to comply with the order directing him to pay the landlord but he failed. #Contempt
The fact that [he] is a law graduate enrolled with the State Bar Council and presumably well versed with law, despite being aware about the binding nature of the orders of the Court has shown scant regard for the legal process: High Court #Contempt
Infact, it appears to this Court that the Respondent using his knowledge of law intended to abuse the procedural safeguards by causing prejudice to the Petitioner in denying him the possession of the subject property as well as the use and occupation charges: HC #Contempt
If the Respondent is not met with the consequences of the wilful default and breach on the orders and undertakings given to this Court, it will embolden him to similarly abuse the process of law in future and victimize fellow citizens: High Court #Contempt
This is a fit case where any leniency shown by the Court will be misunderstood as weakness: High Court #Contempt
The court directed Registrar General "to take necessary steps to have the convicted contemnor taken into custody and cause him to send to Central Jail, Tihar under appropriate warrant of commitment for undergoing the sentence awarded".
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