The Supreme Court has suggested that Yatin Oza be put on probation for a year and two consecutive 6-month periods so that his conduct and behaviour are obserevd. The bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R. Subhash Reddy made this suggestion to the Gujarat High Court while hearing the Yatin Oza contempt case.
The Apex Court said that on the basis of such observation, the Gujarat High Court shall decide if he is worthy of being Senior Advocate and till then Oza can keep his gown of Senior Advocate with him.
The Court further said, “We will keep the contempt hanging on your head, till the opinion of the High Court.”
The court also observed that when a man who has been 17-time President of Bar Council of Gujarat High Court, and who has also been an MLA for 2 terms, should certainly know the impact of his word on the general public.
The counsel, appearing for the Gujarat High Court, submitted that this is not the first time he has committed a contemptuous act, rather he has committed such act earlier also and this time 23 Judges of the High Court have found him guilty of Criminal Contempt of Court under Section 24-A of the Advocates Act. And therefore, he should be stripped of the privilege of being Senior Advocate given to him.
Oza’s counsel will make submissions on March 17. Yatin Oza’s senior designation was withdrawn by the full court comprising 23 judges of the High Court of Gujarat on July 18 after a suo motu case had been initiated against him for making allegations of corruption against the court registry in an online press conference on Facebook.
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