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Disha Salian death case: HC gants time to advocate facing contempt proceeding over his remarks on judiciary

Disha Salian death case: HC gants time to advocate facing contempt proceeding over his remarks on judiciary

Mumbai, Apr 29 (UNI) The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted two weeks' time to Advocate Nilesh Ojha facing contempt proceedings for his “scandalous and defamatory” remarks against a sitting HC judge during a press conference related to the Disha Salian death case.
A special five-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justices A S Chandurkar, M S Sonak, Ravindra Ghuge and Ajey Gadkari, granted two weeks' time to Ojha and kept the matter for hearing on June 17 after Ojha’s Advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay, sought time to file an application seeking discharge of contempt proceedings.
The court was hearing a suo motu (on its own) contempt proceedings against Advocate Ojha.

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