The Supreme Court expunged adverse remarks made by a judge of the Uttarakhand High Court against a lawyer in an order passed in 2022. A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan criticised the High Court for making such adverse comments without first hearing the affected lawyer’s defence. “The approach of the High Court in making the observations against the appellant (lawyer) without giving him any opportunity of being heard is totally unsustainable in law,” the Court said.
