Shimla, March 5 -- The Himachal Pradesh high court has issued show-cause notices to former Lok Sabha MP Rajan Sushant and his son Dhairya Sushant for criminal contempt of court taking suo motu notice after a video was uploaded on social media levelling serious allegations against the judiciary.

A division bench of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Sushil Kukreja issued show-cause notices under Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, directing them to respond by April 7, 2025.

"We find that Dhairya Sushant has made serious allegations not only against the institution of judiciary but has also unnecessarily targeted one of the judges of this court.... but also access to the judge(s)," reads the order.

The high court issued...