In Brief
An advocate was convicted of contempt of court and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with an order barring him from court premises for five years. Having already served the sentence and filed an apology expressing genuine remorse—supported by his elderly father's intervention—the Supreme Court modified the conviction. The Court set aside the imprisonment sentence and the bar on court premises, but retained the contempt conviction and imposed a mandatory two-year suspension of his practising licence, following precedent that advocates convicted of offences involving moral turpitude must face such suspension.
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