{"id":230907,"date":"2020-06-15T12:30:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=230907"},"modified":"2020-06-19T09:43:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T04:13:39","slug":"manipur-hc-contempt-proceedings-initiated-against-asp-for-posting-derogatory-content-on-facebook-against-a-special-judge-and-judiciary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/15\/manipur-hc-contempt-proceedings-initiated-against-asp-for-posting-derogatory-content-on-facebook-against-a-special-judge-and-judiciary\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipur HC | Contempt proceedings initiated against ASP for posting derogatory content on Facebook against a Special Judge and Judiciary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Manipur High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>A Division Bench of Lanusungkum Jamir and Kh. Nobin Singh, JJ., initiated contempt proceedings, wherein Additional Superintendent of Police is stated to have posted <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">derogatory, defamatory and contemptuous post in her face book account against the Special Judge (ND&amp;PS) in particular and against the Judiciary in general.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bench had posed three questions to respondent 1 (<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Th. Brinda, MPS presently serving as Additional Superintendent of Police), Head Quarter<\/span>, which were as follows:<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">a) Whether she has threatened the witness in the Court of the learned Special Judge, ND&amp;PS on 21-05-2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">b) Whether she showed her middle finger to the learned Special Judge, ND&amp;PS on 21-05-2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">c) Whether she has posted derogatory, defamatory and contemptuous post in her face book account against the Special Judge (ND&amp;PS) in particular and against the Judiciary in general.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further, the Court considered the the letter written by <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Superintendent of Police (CID-CB) and addressed to the Registrar General, High Court of Manipur giving the details of 20 (twenty) facebook account holders who have been tentatively identified based on the publicly available information and photos posted in their facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notice has been issued by the Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Respondent 2 was also directed to continue collecting and verifying details of persons who keep on <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">uploading posts scandalizing the Judiciary in connection with the present case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matter to be listed on 17th June, 2020. 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