Chennai: An advocate has approached the Madras high court to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against MDMK leader Vaiko for allegedly maligning a judge of the high court for his reported observation during the hearing of a petition pertaining to the demise of Chief Minister late J. Jayalalithaa.
In his PIL. A.P.Suryaprakasam submitted that he was shocked to read a news item published in an English daily, in which Vaiko has crossed all the limit and maligned a judge of the Madras high court for his reported observation during the hearing of a petition pertaining to the demise of chief minister late J.Jayalalithaa.
Vaiko was not only a politician but also a lawyer. Since he being a member of the bar it was his duty not to demean and disgrace the majesty of justice dispensed by a court of law. Such casting of bald, unsubstantiated aspersions even by implication against the judge of the high court not only causes agony and anguish to the fearless judges but also shakes the confidence of the public in the judiciary in its functioning of dispensation of justice and it was not only highly unwarranted but also causing irreparable damage to the system, he added. He said in the press meet, Vaiko seems to have demanded to know what evidence the judge had, to utter such words.
