{"id":46458,"date":"2017-01-06T08:45:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T03:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=46458"},"modified":"2017-01-06T08:45:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T03:15:36","slug":"justice-katju-tenders-unconditional-apology-apex-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-katju-tenders-unconditional-apology-apex-court","title":{"rendered":"Justice Katju tenders unconditional apology in apex court"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45740\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45740\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-issues-contempt-notice-ex-judge-markandey-katju\/markandey-katju-17-1476703628\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/markandey-katju-17-1476703628.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"markandey-katju-17-1476703628\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/markandey-katju-17-1476703628.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-45740 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/markandey-katju-17-1476703628.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Justice Katju tenders unconditional apology in apex court\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/markandey-katju-17-1476703628.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/markandey-katju-17-1476703628.jpg?resize=133%2C100&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/markandey-katju-17-1476703628.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justice Katju tenders unconditional apology in apex court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju today tendered unconditional apology for contemptuous remarks in his blog to the apex court which was accepted by it and the contempt proceedings closed.<\/p>\n<p>The order was passed by a bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and U U Lalit which accepted the apology and decided to close the contempt proceedings against the former judge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In view of the apology tendered, which has been verified, we close the instant contempt proceedings,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>Senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan, appearing for Justice Katju, read from the reply tendering the apology. Justice Katju was earlier granted exemption from personal appearance.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju today tendered unconditional apology for contemptuous remarks in his blog to the apex court which was accepted by it and the contempt proceedings closed. 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