The Calcutta Weekly Notes Monday July 10 1944

Thereupon the Magistrate demanded an apology from the pleader and on the pleader refusing to apologise he ordered the detetion of the pleader in custody. [...] The pleader submitted a written explantion and the Magistrate without recording any evidence held that the pleader had comitted the following offence against him (1) use of the word " resent " " improper " and "strange " (2} interruption in the course of the Court's proceedings and (3) casual remark to his brother lawyers which amounted to a sort of threat to tit Court and fined the pleade [...] A self-respecting independence in the discharge of profesional duty without denial or diminution of the courtesy and respect due to the Judge's station is the only proper foundation for cordial personal and oelcial relation beween the Bench and the 'Bar. [...] In the prsent case the use of the expression by the pleader in the circumstances of the case did not amount to any such breach of the above principles of professional conduct as 6 call for any action under 'sec. [...] Before ordering the detention in custody of the pleader the Magistrate should have realised what incalculable harm he was doing to a member of the Bar merely because he had asserted his independence in the discharge of his duty.