Woman blames judge for rape case order, HC says judges can’t respond to each charge

Chandigarh | Wednesday | 8th May, 2019

Summary:

On naming a sitting HC judge in the petition, the bench observed, “You are in the gross contempt and grossest contempt. She also has to appear before a contempt court in the High Court on Wednesday before another bench. In her PIL, she alleged that a sitting HC judge and some lawyers had put pressure on the lower court for acquittal of the accused. In the rape case registered in Sri Muktsar Sahib in 2011, the accused were acquitted in 2018 by the trial court. In the middle of hearing, the woman also attempted to move out of court even as the bench was addressing her..