Calcutta HC Reprimands Advocate for Slang Against Judge

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday expressed strong displeasure over an advocate allegedly using an objectionable slang during a hearing before a single judge after a plea in which he appeared was rejected [In Re : Firdous Samim].A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Atarup Banerjee held that such conduct by a member of the Bar could not be treated lightly. It expressed concern over the reputational damage caused to the institution by the incident. “Our High Court advocate. It is going all over India, that your High Court, you have these sort of advocates and you people keep silent and don't take any remedial measure,” the Bench observed today. The matter was tied to a hearing from July. The lawyer, Firdous Samim, was accused of using scandalous and unparliamentary language during a hearing on July 23.In a July 30 order, the High Court took suo motu cognisance of the incident and issued notice to Samim to show cause why criminal contempt of court proceedings should not be drawn up against him. "The language used by the said advocate during Court hearing which was being streamed live is an act of misdemeanour and reflects an audacious and contemptuous attitude of the said advocate towards this Hon’ble High Court as well as the Hon’ble Judge presiding over the Bench, in flagrant violation of the Hon’ble Court’s decorum and discipline," observed the Court.The matter was heard today, when the Court observed that Samim was an advocate