A Gujarat High Court judge on Wednesday 25 october issued a public apology to his fellow high court judge in the presence of advocates and court staff two days after both of them got indulged in a heated argument on Monday. The apology came on wednesday after two days as the High court remained closed on Tuesday due to the Dussehra holiday.
Justice Vaishnav issued an apology for raising his voice at Justice during a live stream of court proceedings, when the bench assembled on Wednesday. He stated, "Before we begin the session, I deeply apologise for the incident that happened on Monday. I regret it, and it should not have occurred."
He faced a public outburst after the video depicting a senior judge from the Gujarat High Court engaged in a heated argument with his colleague on a division bench went viral on social media. Gujarat High Court has taken down the video from its live-streaming platform.
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The "heated" argument
On Monday, Justice Vaishnav and Justice Bhatt were presiding over a bench, deliberating a case, and they encountered a disagreement regarding the order to be issued in the matter during a live stream of the hearing on the High Court's YouTube channel, from where the video went viral.
Justice Biren Vaishnav raised his voice on Justice Mauna Bhatt during an ongoing tax matter, saying, "Then you differ, yaar. Then you differ. You have differed in one, differ in the other." In response, Justice Bhatt said, "It's not about disagreeing." Justice Vaishnav then recommended, "In that case, don't whisper... Instead, issue a separate order."
After this argument, Justice Vaishnav suddenly left the bench and declared that the court wouldn't handle any more cases.
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