JUDGMENT :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C. JAYACHANDRAN

This Court is called upon to perform the unfortunate task of answering allegations of contempt against i). a judicial officer, ii). the counsel appearing for the plaintiffs and iii). plaintiff nos.1 and 3 on rather strange, weird and specious grounds. Curiously, the petitioner herein is the Counsel appearing for defendants 1 and 2 in O.S.No.838/2018, of the Additional Munsiff's Court, Kottayam (hereinafter referred to as 'the suit' for brevity). The instant proceeding, being a clear abuse of the process of the court, as would be unfurled by the following facts and discussion, is a matter of serious concern. The petitioner - supposedly a responsible member of the legal profession and an important stakeholder in the dispensation of justice to the parties before the court - has stooped down to the extent of hurling unfounded and wanton allegations of contempt, not only against a judicial officer, but also against his own counter part appearing for the plaintiffs, a clear aberration to the fraternity and comity expected to be maintained between the members of the legal profession.

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