Chennai, July 29 -- The Madras high court on Monday directed that proceedings against lawyer S Vanchinathan, accused of making scandalous remarks impugning the judicial integrity of a sitting judge of the court, be placed before the chief justice for further orders.

In an escalating courtroom drama in the state between judicial members, justice Swaminathan, who was sharing the bench with justice K Rajasekar, said that they do not know the basis for such allegations. "I don't know who called you all revolutionary. You are all comedy pieces," justice Swaminathan said according to Bar and Bench while presiding over the case himself.

In June this year, Vanchinathan had written to the CJI seeking an inquiry into alleged caste-based favouriti...