Andhra Pradesh High Court Judge’s Custody Order Live Updates: Supreme Court to hear plea

The top court took cognisance of the incident after the Supreme Court Bar Association and the Bar Council of India had condemned the incident.

Andhra Pradesh High Court Judge Custody Order Live Updates: The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the suo motu matter arising out of an incident where Justice Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao, Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court, directed a young lawyer to be taken into judicial custody for 24 hours. The order was subsequently recalled.

Suo motu: The top court had taken cognisance of the matter after the Supreme Court Bar Association and the Bar Council of India had condemned the incident. The letter by BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra sought action against the judge, including withdrawal of judicial work from the judge pending review and his transfer to some other high court. CJI Surya Kant is learnt to have sought a report from the Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice.

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“Appropriate administrative action may kindly be considered, including withdrawal of judicial work from the learned Judge pending review, his immediate transfer to some far-off High Court, and his nomination for appropriate judicial training/orientation on court management, judicial temperament, Bar-Bench relations, and proportional exercise of contempt/judicial authority,” the BCI letter written by Mishra stated.

Viral Video: A video of the hearing doing the rounds on social media showed the young advocate apologising and ‘begging for grace’ with folded hands before the Andhra Pradesh High Court judge. The judge said that the counsel behaved “indolently” and directed the police to take him into custody.

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Referring to the video, BCI stated in its letter to the CJI that the incident raises grave questions of judicial temperament, proportionality, fairness, and the dignity of the bar. “With utmost respect to the majesty of the Court, such a course, if correctly reflected in the video and the order, raises grave questions of judicial temperament, proportionality, fairness, and the dignity of the Bar,” the BCI letter dated May 6 read.

It was stated that sending a young lawyer to judicial custody for 24 hours, prima facie, was grossly inappropriate and deeply damaging to the confidence of the bar in the institution. “It is most humbly submitted that incidents of this nature have a chilling effect upon young members of the Bar. They create fear in the minds. The dignity of the Court is not enhanced when a lawyer is made to beg for grace in open Court and is still sent to custody for a procedural lapse,” the letter read.

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