India, Sept. 10 -- The Bombay High Court recently came down heavily on a petitioner who accused two sitting judges, a former chief justice and a former advocate-general of Maharashtra of taking bribes. The court said the charges are "reckless" and an attempt to browbeat the judiciary.

The case arose from a dispute between two families over a plot of land pending before the court since 2016 under the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands and Tenancy (MATL) Act. In due course, several interim orders were passed in favour of the petitioners, prompting the respondents to approach the Supreme Court in 2024. After the case was dismissed by the apex court, the matter was listed for hearing several times in the Bombay High Court. However, the petitione...