Closing the proceedings in a suo motu case, a five-judge bench headed by CJI Chandrachud on Wednesday told Karnataka High Court judge Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda that "casual observations may well reflect a certain degree of individual bias particularly when they are likely to be perceived as being directed to a particular gender or community".

A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud noted that Karnataka high court judge Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda, who had made those observations, had on September 21 tendered an apology for his comments in the open court there.

The Supreme Court said observations made during the Karnataka High Court proceedings were “unrelated to the course of the proceeding and should have best been eschewed”.

The controversy began when Justice Srishananda referred to a Muslim-majority area in Bengaluru as "Pakistan" and made derogatory comments towards a woman lawyer.

The Supreme Court today closed proceedings against Karnataka High Court Judge Justice V Srishananda, following his public apology for controversial comments made during court sessions.

CJI Chandrachud said that no one can call any part of India as Pakistan and it is fundamentally against the territorial integrity of the nation.

The Supreme Court reprimanded Karnataka High Court judge V Srishananda for referring to a Bangalore locality as 'Pakistan,' stating that such comments

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took strong exception to controversial statement made by Karnataka High Court judge Justice V Srishananda who referred to a parti

The Supreme Court on Wednesday closed suo motu proceedings initiated over alleged objectionable comments made by a Karnataka High Court judge during court proceedings.A five-judge

The bench, however, took note of the “contrite apology” made by the high court judge in an open court proceeding on September 21