The Allahabad High Court has framed charges under the Contempt of Courts Act, against a person named Krishna Kumar Pandey, a Kanpur resident over a WhatsApp message accusing a judicial officer of accepting bribe and fabricating order sheets in specific cases in Basti district.

Krishna Kumar Pandey had posted a message on a lawyer’s WhatsApp group accusing a sitting Additional District Judge of corruption and fabricating judicial orders.

A Division Bench comprising Justice J.J. Munir and Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava stated that a prima facie case was made out against the contemnor for acts that ‘scandalise’ and lower the authority of the court. The court also dismissed Pandey’s argument that prior permission from the Advocate General is required before initiating such proceedings. The

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