O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by P.N.PRAKASH, J.]

This contempt petition has been filed to punish the respondents for allegedly interfering with the administration of justice, thereby committing contempt of Court.

2. The minimum facts that are required for deciding this contempt petition are as under :

2.1. The petitioner viz., A.Kannadasan, is a practising lawyer in Dharmapuri District and was a member of the Dharmapuri District Bar Association (for brevity “the Bar Association”). In fact, in 2017, he was the Vice President of the Bar Association.

2.2. It appears that one S.Shanmugasundaram, Advocate, had lodged a complaint to the Principal District Judge, Dharmapuri, against one Jayanthi, a staff member of the District Court, Dharmapuri, for taking departmental action against her. Pursuant thereto, departmental action was initiated against the said Jayanthi. Kannadasan took up the defence of Jayanthi in the departmental proceedings, which did not augur well with Shanmugasundaram. Therefore, Shanmugasundaram gave a complaint to the Bar Association against Kannadasan, pursuant to which, the Bar Association passed a resolution dated 30.04.2018, suspending Kannadasan from the me