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BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Tuesday imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh on a petitioner, who made a request that a judge from outside of Karnataka should hear a civil dispute concerning Sosale mutt in Mysuru.
V Gururaj, from Bengaluru, is the second respondent in the case, which is pending before a single bench of the court. The petitioner contended that a former Chief Justice of India, from Karnataka, had “a strong clout” over judges elevated from the state’s bar.
Terming the allegation “unfortunate” and “an attempt to cast aspersions on the former CJI”, a division bench headed by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka said, “The averments constitute a classic example of scandalising the court, which, per se, (is) criminal contempt of this court. The allegation is that the roster judge will not give justice to the petitioner since there’s an excessive interference of a former CJI, who is specifically named. We are deliberately not mentio