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A contempt petition is filed in Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court Judge C. Hari Shankar, Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and others for passing unlawful mask mandates and acting against the binding precedents of the Supreme Court.

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A contempt petition is filed in Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court Judge C. Hari Shankar, Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi, and others for passing unlawful mask mandates and acting against the binding precedents of the Supreme Court. [ Contempt Petition bearing Provisional Id No. 12961 of 2022 ] The prayers in the petition are as under; (i) to record a finding that Justice C. Hari Shankar is guilty of Contempt of Constitution Bench judgment in Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms v. Union of India (2018) 1 SCC 196, Mineral Development Ltd v. State of Bihar (1960) 2 SCR 609, and other binding judgments for taking suo-moto cognizance when it is prohibited for any Judge except Chief Justice and acting as a Judge in his own case; (ii) to record a finding that the Respondent No. 2 to 4 i.e. Justice Vipin Sanghi and others are guilty of Contempt of binding precedents in Mamta Mohanty ’s case (supra) and other judgments where they were bound to discontinue the ill