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

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 Supreme Court on Wednesday, September 25 said judges should refrain from making casual remarks which are misogynistic or biased towards any community. The c

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

A special five judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday closed the suo motu proceedings against the objectionable remarks made by the Karnataka High Court judge Justice V Srishananda after taking note of his apology.