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A strange situation came to the fore in the Supreme Court on Monday, when during the hearing of a dispute between two lawyers, an advocate threatened to commit suicide. The lawyer, who appeared before the bench of Justice Abhay S Oka through video conferencing, made this threat while presenting his arguments. Justice Oka first expressed surprise, then took a tough stand and warned the lawyer.
Justice Oka told the lawyer that we are warning you. If you threaten the court, we will order an FIR against you. We will not tolerate such conduct on the part of a member of the bar.
Be ready to face the consequences: SC
Actually, the lawyer in the Supreme Court threatened that if his petition in a criminal case was not accepted, he would commit suicide. On this, the bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Ujjwal Bhuiyan told the lawyer to file a written apology by March 7 or else be ready to face the consequences.
Order to tender unconditional apology
The bench, while fixing the hearing on March 7, said that on Monday morning when the petition (Ramesh Kumaran and others vs State through Inspector of Police and others) came up for hearing, the first petitioner (Ramesh Kumaran), who is a member of the bar, appeared through video conference and said that if the FIR against respondent number 2 is quashed, he will commit suicide. We are shocked to hear this. We expect him to tender an unconditional apology.
When the lawyer, who appeared through video conference, made a statement, Justice Oka said, how can you threaten the court that if we do not accept your prayer, you will commit suicide? You are a lawyer. We will ask the Bar Council to suspend your license and register an FIR.
Hearing on March 7
After this, the lawyer allegedly closed his video conference link. The bench said that now he has left. The bench adjourned the hearing of the case. The Supreme Court asked his lawyer, who was present in the court room, to apologize for his conduct. When the matter came up for hearing again, the lawyer appeared through video-conference and said, “I apologise from my heart. I got emotional.” However, Justice Oka said, “No, we want a written apology by Friday (March 7).” Though the bench said it was not forcing the lawyer to apologise, it cautioned him about the consequences in case of non-compliance. Kumaran had moved the court in connection with a criminal case against a man named Raghavendran. FIRs were filed by both the parties in the case.
