JUDGMENT :

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, J.

1. The raison d’etre of contempt jurisdiction is to maintain the dignity of the institution of judicial forums. It is not a vindictive exercise nor are inappropriate statements by themselves capable of lowering the dignity of a Judge. These are often ignored but where despite all latitude a perennial litigant seeks to justify his existence by throwing mud at all and sundry, the Court has to step in.

2. In order to understand the contours of the present dispute, nothing more is required than to turn to the judgment of this Court in WP(C) No.880/2016 dated 01.05.2017. This judgment is not an origination but in some sense a culmination. Mr. Rajiv Daiya, claims to be the spirit behind Suraz India Trust (for short ‘Trust’), which has been filing a large number of cases both in Rajasthan and in Delhi. A perusal of the judgment dated 01.05.2017 would show that Mr. Daiya as Chairman of the Trust has been canvassing matters in person. These petitions are stated to be public interest litigations. A list of cases filed by him was prepared in the proceedings in WP(C) No.880/2016, numbering 12 before this Court alone. Further, as per the summary prepared by the Re