Supreme Court Slams Karnataka HC Judge Over “Pakistan”, “Undergarment” Remarks

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought a report from the Karnataka High Court over controversial remarks made by Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda during a recent court hearing.

Justice Srishananda, while addressing a landlord-tenant dispute, referred to a Muslim-majority area in Bengaluru as “Pakistan”. The High Court judge also made an objectionable comment against a woman lawyer by saying that she seemed to know a lot about the “opposition party”, so much so that she might be able to reveal the colour of their undergarments.

A five-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India  DY Chandrachud, along with Justices S Khanna, B R Gavai, S Kant, and H Roy, expressed the need for establishing clear guidelines for constitutional court judges regarding their remarks in court. “Attention has been drawn to media reports to the comments made by Justice…of Karnataka High Court during the court proceedings. We request the Karnataka High Court to submit a report after seeking instructions from the Chief Justice of the high court,” Chief Justice Chandrachud said.

Chief Justice Chandrachud ordered the report to be submitted within two days. The hearing of the matter is scheduled for Wednesday, next week.

Videos of Justice Srishanananda’s objectionable comments have gone viral on social media.