Justice Katju tenders unconditional apology in apex court
Team Udayavani, Jan 6, 2017, 3:46 PM IST
New Delhi: 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.
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.
“In view of the apology tendered, which has been verified, we close the instant contempt proceedings,” it said.
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan, appearing for Justice Katju, read from the reply tendering the apology. Justice Katju was earlier granted exemption from personal appearance.
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