New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Monday voiced serious concern over what it described as a "growing trend" of litigants and lawyers levelling scandalous allegations against judges merely because they receive an unfavourable order.

"We have noticed in the recent past that when orders are not favourable, scurrilous and scandalous allegations are made against the judge. Such a practice needs to be strongly deprecated," said a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai and justice K Vinod Chandran.

Closing criminal contempt proceedings against N Peddi Raju and advocates Ritesh Patil and Nitin Meshram, the bench emphasised that members of the Bar, as officers of the court, owe a duty to maintain respect for judic...