India, April 24 -- The Bombay High Court (HC) on Wednesday sentenced a Navi Mumbai resident to seven days' simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.2,000 for contempt of court after she allegedly circulated a sharply worded letter criticising judges over a housing society dispute concerning the feeding of stray dogs.

A division bench comprising Justices GS Kulkarni and Advait Sethna found Vineeta Srinandan, cultural director of Seawoods Estate Housing Society, guilty of criminal contempt after she authored and circulated a letter titled "How Democracy is Being Crushed by Judicial System". The circular, distributed to 1,500 residents on January 29, contained sweeping allegations against judges of the Bombay High Court and the Supreme ...