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- The Karnataka High Court has let advocate S. Rangaswamy off contempt proceedings on the condition that he plant and maintain 1,000 fruit-bearing saplings, after he apologised for threatening behaviour and interruptions before a sessions judge in Gangavati, Koppal district.
- The court recalled its April order that had directed criminal contempt proceedings, Bar Council disciplinary action, and a criminal case against him, while retaining its critical observations about his conduct.
- The incident arose from the sessions court fast-tracking a murder trial against his clients.
- The court also underlined that district judges are vulnerable and 'voiceless' outside court, and that advocates are officers of the court, not agents of clients.
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- Compliance affidavit on planting the saplings, due by October 31
- Whether the retained adverse observations affect the advocate's standing before the State Bar Council
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Named India · Ballari District Legal Services Authority · State Bar Council · Hanchate Sanjeevkumar · High Court of Karnataka · S. Rangaswamy
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