Apology must not be used as a weapon to purge the guilty of their offence: SC

 

Chambers of Ishaan Garg

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The Hon'ble Supreme Court, while convicting an advocate in a seventeen-year-old criminal contempt case, reiterated that an apology must be evidence of remorse for the contemptuous acts. It must not be used as a weapon 'to purge the guilty of their offence'. Further, an apology lacking sincerity and not evidencing contriteness cannot be accepted.


Case Title: GULSHAN BAJWA vs. REGISTRAR, HIGH COURT OR DELHI (2024 SC)