A Bench of this Court while dealing with Suo Motu Contempt Petition Criminal No of took note of a letter dated received by the office of the Judges of the ... Bench on This was a copy of the letter sent by the President of the Bombay Bar Association and the President of the Bombay Incorporated Law Society to the President of India Chief Justice of India and the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court In the said letter reference was made to two complaints onemad by the Indian Bar Association dated through alleged contemn or no Shri Vijay Kurle State President of Maharashtra and Goa of the Indian Bar Association and the second complaint dated made by alleged contemnor no Shri Rashid Khan Pathan National Secretary of the Human Rights Security Council It was mentioned that these complaints have not only been sent to the President of India and the Chief Justice of India but also have been circulated in the social media and the complaints were attached as Annexures and to the said letter The Bench took note of the letter and the complaints attached to the said letter and specifically noted the prayers made in both the complaints and found that both the complaints are substantially similar The Bench on noting the allegations made in the complaints was of the view that scandalous allegations have been made against the members of the said Bench and therefore notice was issued to Shri Vijay Kurle alleged contemn or no Shri Rashid Khan Pathan alleged contemn or no Shri Nilesh Ojha alleged contemn or no and Shri Mathews Nedumpara alleged contemnor no The Benchalso directed that the matter be placed before the Chief Justice of India to constitute an appropriate Bench to hear and decide the contempt case

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