The Supreme Court on Monday took strong exception to the growing trend of litigants making “scurrilous and scandalous" allegations against judges when rulings go against them. The observations came from a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justice Vinod Chandran while hearing a criminal contempt case against one N Peddi Raju and two advocates, Ritesh Patil and Nitin Meshram, Bar and Bench reported.

The contempt proceedings were initiated after the top court found that the three had made unfounded and scandalous remarks against Telangana High Court judge Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya in a plea seeking transfer of a case to another High Court.

“In the recent past, we have noticed a growing trend of making scurrilous and scandalous allegations against a judge when they don’t

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