The Supreme Court of India has cautioned courts against making comments that may be perceived as misogynistic or prejudicial to any community. This follows the closure of suo motu proceedings against Karnataka High Court judge Justice V Srishananda for his alleged objectionable remarks.

Supreme Court on Wednesday closed suo motu proceedings initiated over alleged objectionable comments made by a Karnataka High Court judge Vedavyasachar Srishananda during court proceedings

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday (September 25) concluded its proceedings against a Karnataka High Court judge, who faced backlash for controversial comments made during judicial hearings. The judge,

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”.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court bench, headed by CJI DY Chandrachud, perused the report which said the judge tendered a public apology on September 21.

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

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