ORDER :

1. We have to deal with a very unpleasant situation due to outrageous and utterly contemptuous behaviour of Advocate, Sri Asok Pande, inside the Court today in the morning. The facts which led to drawing these contempt proceedings are that as soon as the Court assembled in the morning, Mr. Asok Pande, Advocate came to the podium. He was in civil dress with unbuttoned shirt. When the Court asked him, why he was not in uniform, he said that he had challenged the Bar Council Rules prescribing the Dress Code in PIL Civil No. 14907 of 2021 and, therefore, he would not put on the uniform. He however, said that he was appearing in-person and therefore, it was not required for him to don Lawyers' Uniform. The Court told him that he should at least appear in 'decent dress' if he was appearing in person. On this, he started questioning the Court that 'what is decent dress'. The Court asked him to button his shirt, which he did not do. He created ruckus in the Court in the morning and atmosphere of the Court got completely vitiated. He used intemperate language, indulged in indecent behaviour amounting to gross misconduct and he challenged the authority of the Court. His conduct was un