COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION vs VAIBHAV KUMAR ADVOCATE

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$~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision:7th November,2025 + CONT.CAS.(CRL) 12/2025 COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION .....Petitioner Through: None versus VAIBHAV KUMAR ADVOCATE .....Respondent Through: Respondent-in-person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIVEK CHAUDHARY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN JUDGMENT 1. Present contempt petition was registered pursuant to contempt reference dated 29.07.2025 received from learned Additional Sessions Judge/Spl. Judge, NDPS/New Delhi. 2. Notice was issued to the respondent/contemnor and pursuant to the above, respondent/contemnor, a practicing Advocate and member of Bar Council of Delhi is present in person. 3. He got enrolled as an advocate in the year 2012. 4. The facts, in brief, are that during court proceedings, the respondent/contemnor, who was representing the accused, addressed the learned prosecutor with the words ‘Aap chalva lo, jaise aapko Court chalvani hai.’, thereby implying that it was the prosecutor and not the presiding judge, who controlled the court, and thereby scandalizing the court and lowering its authority. 5. Respondent/contemnor is present in court and, at the very outset, submits his apology. He, however, supplements that his utterances were entirely unintentional and in his practice of last twelve years, he never ever caused any disrespect to the Court. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CONT.CAS.(CRL) 12/2025 1 By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:10.11.2025 14:28:19 6. His reply affidavit is already on record in which, inter alia, he has mentioned that he had no intention to scandalize or lower down the image and dignity of the Court and merely prayed for equal and fair opportunity for his client who was in jail for last four years. He has also deposed in his affidavit that he has the highes