Mumbai, April 8 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against advocate Nilesh Ojha for his "scandalous and defamatory" remarks against a sitting HC judge during a press conference related to the Disha Salian death case.
Ojha represents late celebrity manager Disha Salian's father in the sensational case.
A special five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justices A.S. Chandurkar, M.S. Sonak, Ravindra Ghuge and Ajey Gadkari noted that the lawyer's statements in the conference held on April 1 were "ex-facie contemptuous."
The bench directed YouTube and a Marathi news channel to "forthwith" remove the video of the press conference and all related material.
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