Complete Silence In Face Of Sustained Vilification May Weaken Public Confidence In Judiciary: Delhi High...

While initiating criminal contempt proceedings against Aam Aadmi Party leaders including Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi High Court observed that “judicial silence” cannot become “surrender before those who commit contempt.”

Complete Silence In Face Of Sustained Vilification May Weaken Public Confidence In Judiciary: Delhi High.... While initiating criminal contempt proceedings against Aam Aadmi Party leaders including Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi High Court observed that “judicial silence” cannot become “surrender before those who commit contempt.” In a strongly-worded 68-page judgment, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed that the Court was faced with “two options” — judicial silence or discharge of constitutional duty — and chose the latter after finding that a “calculated campaign of vilification” had been launched against the Court and the institution of judiciary itself. The Court initiated contempt proceedings against Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Durgesh Pathak and Vinayy Mishra over alleged social media campaigns ta...