The Gujarat High Court has ordered initiation of contempt of court proceedings against a senior lawyer for allegedly using “unparliamentary” language before a single bench judge while arguing a matter.
The lawyer, Percy Kavina, proposed to apologise before the judge for his act, but the latter declined to accept his apology, leading to contempt of court proceedings.
A division bench of Justices AS Supehia and MR Mengdey then ordered commencement of suo motu (taking cognisance of a matter on its own) contempt of court proceedings against Kavina for his alleged use of unparliamentary language before the judge