The Karnataka High Court has held an advocate guilty of criminal contempt for alleging during court proceedings that a trial court had delivered its judgment through “match fixing” and for subsequently describing the High Court order that led to contempt proceedings as false, fabricated and forged. A Division Bench of Justice D K Singh and
Karnataka High Court Sentences Advocate to 15 Days’ Jail for Criminal Contempt Over ‘Match Fixing’ Allegation Against Trial Court
