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Lawyer Jailed for 15 Days for Calling High Court Order 'Match-Fixing'
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News18•24-09-2026, 21:55
Lawyer Jailed for 15 Days for Calling High Court Order 'Match-Fixing'
- •Karnataka High Court sentenced a lawyer to 15 days in jail for insulting court proceedings and alleging a High Court order was fake.
- •A division bench of Justices D.K. Singh and H. Shanthi Bhushan delivered the significant verdict.
- •The lawyer made baseless allegations that the trial court's verdict was a result of 'match-fixing'.
- •He further alleged that the High Court order, which initiated contempt proceedings, was 'false, fake, and fabricated'.
- •The court found both charges proven and sentenced the lawyer to immediate custody, also referring the matter to the Bar Council.
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The Karnataka High Court sentenced the lawyer to 15 days in jail after finding him guilty of criminal contempt for insulting court proceedings, alleging that a trial court verdict involved match-fixing, and claiming that a High Court order was fake.
A division bench consisting of Justices D.K. Singh and H. Shanthi Bhushan delivered the verdict after hearing a suo motu criminal contempt petition filed by the High Court Registrar General.
The High Court directed that the accused be immediately taken into custody to serve his 15-day sentence, and instructed the Registrar to forward the order to the Bar Council to determine if he is fit to continue in the legal profession.
