The Kerala High Court Tuesday ordered contempt proceedings against senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader M.V. Jayarajan for his outburst against judges in July.<\/p>\n
A three-member full bench comprising Chief Justice J. Chelameswar, Justice A.K. Basheer and Justice K.M. Joseph ordered this while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL).<\/p>\n
Jayarajan, 50, while speaking at a public meeting in July, criticised high court judges for ruling that no public meetings should be held on roads.<\/p>\n
The court Tuesday was hearing a PIL filed by P. Rahim demanding contempt proceedings against the CPI-M leader for his outburst against judges.<\/p>\n
The court said that contempt proceedings will begin against Jayarajan and its order should be seen as a notice to him.<\/p>\n
Jayarajan, who hails from Kannur, is a two-time legislator of the CPI-M.<\/p>\n
The bench also said that this case would now be taken up in a division bench headed by Chief Justice Chelameswar.<\/p>\n
Reacting to court\u2019 ruling Tuesday, Jayarajan said that he is yet to get any notice to this effect.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce I get the notice, I will also seek legal advice and face the situation. All what I said was that I stand for the common man and his right to move freely on roads and also hold meetings which do not affect free movement of people,\u201d said Jayarajan.<\/p>\n
In July, top CPI-M leaders verbally attacked high judges on more than one occasion.<\/p>\n
A division bench headed by the chief justice took strong exception to this and said that criticizing judgments was understandable but attacking judges personally did not augur well for democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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