HC issues show-cause notice to Rajasthan CM Gehlot| Ashok Gehlot| High Court| Sachin Pilot| Congress

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A division bench of the Rajasthan High Court on has issued a show-cause notice to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on a PIL seeking suo moto criminal contempt proceedings against him.

The PIL was filed by local advocate Shivcharan Gupta on Thursday following the chief minister's remark suggesting ""corruption"" in the judiciary.
A division bench headed by Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice Ashutosh Kumar heard the matter on Saturday and issued the notice to Gehlot, directing him to respond within three weeks.

During an interview with reporters in Jaipur on Wednesday, Gehlot remarked, ""There appears to be widespread corruption in the judiciary today. I have heard allegations that some lawyers draft judgments themselves, which are then delivered verbatim.""

However, in the wake of criticism, the chief minister subsequently clarified that his earlier statement did not reflect his personal opinion. He emphasized his consistent respect for and trust in the judiciary.

In protest against the chief minister's comments, thousands of advocates in Jodhpur boycotted their work in both the high court and lower courts on Friday

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00:00 Hello and welcome you are watching HW News English, I am Sourav George.

00:03 The breaking coming now is a division bench of the Rajasthan High Court has issued a show

00:07 course notice to Chief Minister Ashok Gailur on a PIL seeking suomoto criminal contempt

00:12 proceedings against him.

00:14 The PIL was filed by local advocate Shivcharan Gupta on Thursday following the Chief Minister's

00:19 remark suggesting corruption in the judiciary.

00:22 A division bench headed by Justice MM Srivastava and Justice Ashutosh Kumar heard the matter

00:27 on Saturday and issued the notice to Gailur, directing him to respond within three weeks.

00:32 During an interview with reporters in Jaipur on Wednesday, Gailur remarked, "There appears

00:36 to be widespread corruption in the judiciary today.

00:39 I have heard allegations that some lawyers draft judgments themselves, which are then

00:43 delivered verbatim."

00:44 However, in the wake of criticism, the Chief Minister subsequently clarified that his earlier

00:49 statement did not reflect his personal opinion.

00:52 He emphasized his consistent respect for and trust in the judiciary.

00:55 In protest against the Chief Minister's comments, thousands of advocates in Jodhpur boycotted

00:59 their work in both the High Court and the Lower Court on Friday.

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HC issues show-cause notice to Rajasthan CM Gehlot| Ashok Gehlot| High Court| Sachin Pilot| Congress

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