In Brief
The Supreme Court considered a criminal appeal against conviction for contempt of court by the High Court of Delhi. The appellant challenged the conviction and sought protective writs. The Court held that criminal contempt proceedings focus solely on whether utterances constituted contempt in the face of the court and rejected the appellant's request for judicial recusal based on alleged bias from the judge's professional acquaintance with certain advocates. The Court declined to entertain substantive reliefs (security, investigations, harassment committee proceedings) as writ petitions, directing the appellant to pursue such remedies before the Delhi High Court in pending proceedings to avoid multiplicity of forums. The criminal appeal and accompanying applications were disposed with liberty to pursue appropriate remedies elsewhere.
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