Bombay HC fines advocate Rs 25,000 for submitting objectionable photographs with plea

By PTI

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has imposed a tremendous of Rs 25,000 on an advocate for submitting objectionable pictures with a petition searching for to quash a rape case towards a person.

A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and S M Modak in an order noticed that “no sense of proportion or discretion” was exercised by the petitioner’s advocate whereas annexing the “highly objectionable” pictures with the plea. The copy of the order dated October 7 was made accessible on Tuesday.

The bench got here throughout the images whereas listening to the petition filed by the accused man’s spouse searching for to quash the FIR and cost sheet filed towards him in a rape case.

“Advocates fail to realise that these petitions are filed/placed before the Registry and get circulated through various departments, exposing the parties involved in the photographs,” the courtroom stated.

It additional famous that annexing such pictures was an invasion of privateness of the events and directed the advocate to forthwith take away the identical from the petition copy.

“We expect all advocates to exercise some discretion and proportion whilst annexing photographs which are highly objectionable,” the courtroom stated.

“For the said conduct of the advocate, we direct the advocate to deposit costs of Rs 25,000 with the Kiritikar Law Library within two weeks,” the bench directed.

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has imposed a tremendous of Rs 25,000 on an advocate for submitting objectionable pictures with a petition searching for to quash a rape case towards a person.

A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and S M Modak in an order noticed that “no sense of proportion or discretion” was exercised by the petitioner’s advocate whereas annexing the “highly objectionable” pictures with the plea. The copy of the order dated October 7 was made accessible on Tuesday.

The bench got here throughout the images whereas listening to the petition filed by the accused man’s spouse searching for to quash the FIR and cost sheet filed towards him in a rape case.

“Advocates fail to realise that these petitions are filed/placed before the Registry and get circulated through various departments, exposing the parties involved in the photographs,” the courtroom stated.

It additional famous that annexing such pictures was an invasion of privateness of the events and directed the advocate to forthwith take away the identical from the petition copy.

“We expect all advocates to exercise some discretion and proportion whilst annexing photographs which are highly objectionable,” the courtroom stated.

“For the said conduct of the advocate, we direct the advocate to deposit costs of Rs 25,000 with the Kiritikar Law Library within two weeks,” the bench directed.