Allahabad High Court Sentences Advocate To 6 months in Jail for calling Judges 'Goondas'

The Allahabad High Court sentenced Lucknow-based Advocate Ashok Pandey to six months in jail for criminal contempt and banned him from practicing on the Allahabad and Lucknow benches for three years. 

The case relates to a 2021 incident where he appeared in court with an unbuttoned shirt and refused to correct his attire. When the court advised him to appear in decent dress, he used abusive language and claimed that the judges were "behaving like goondas".

The Court said his behavior insulted the dignity of the judiciary. Later, he requested leave to appeal under Article 134(A) of the Indian Constitution, which was rejected.