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Supreme Court may curb advocates from speaking on cases
Why in news?
- Supreme Court to examine the possibility of imposing curbs on advocates airing their views in the media.
- Issue came before the court during a hearing on contempt petitions filed by the government and the Attorney General of India against civil rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan.
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What necessitate this:
- It is often alleged that some advocates do it to gain media attention.
- Some lawyers even used air time to attack judges, whose code of conduct did not allow them to go public.
- Some lawyers rush to the media as soon as their petition was filed. While the petition may contain all manner of allegations and was even likely to be later withdrawn in court.
Murthukrishnan Vs Madras HC case:
- Supreme Court had criticized lawyers attributing political color to judges in important cases. Such acts amounted to denigrating the judiciary.
- Such acts amount to contempt of court. But this power was a Brahmastra only meant to be rarely used.
Source
The Hindu