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2024 Supreme(Ker) 1118

DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN, M. B. SNEHALATHA
Suo Motu – Appellant
Versus
Yeshwanth Shenoy – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Sri S.Sanal Kumar (Senior) – Amicus Curiae
For the Respondent: Yeshwanth, Shenoy(Party-In-Person)

JUDGMENT :

Devan Ramachandran, J.

Majesty of law never is, nor must be reduced to, a mere claptrap; but to be assuredly exemplified in and by everything Courts do. This is not a daunting task, but an inherent imperative.

2. We commence, being fully cognizant of the limited role that we have to play at this stage.

3. This is because, another learned Bench of this Court had heard this matter in detail and has issued an order on 30.05.2024 – reported as Suo Motu v. Yeshwanth Shenoy [2024 KHC 439], which takes into its fold most of the facts involved, if not all; as also the legal and forensic issues and aspects, as are necessarily and vitally attracted.

4. In order to maintain brevity and avoid prolixity -as is essentially required, we proceed to write as an augment to the order aforementioned, confirming ourselves strictly to the issues not dealt with in it.

5. This contempt case is registered as a suo motu one under Section 15(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 [for brevity, 'the Act']. This case has been initiated on the basis of a letter addressed by a learned Judge of this Court to the Hon'ble Chief Justice, on 09.02.2023. The same was taken as an “information” as postulated under

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