India, Oct. 11 -- The Delhi High Court has held that a litigant's act of criticising or questioning a judicial order and challenging its reasoning, even in strong words, cannot be construed as an attack on the judge or the institution.

A bench of justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, in its October 8 verdict released on Friday, however added that bald allegations attributing corruption, collusion, deliberate manipulation or improper motives to individual judges stand on a different footing, particularly where such allegations are repeatedly made without any material whatsoever.

"A litigant is entitled to question an order, challenge its reasoning, and pursue the remedies available in law. Such criticism, even if strongly worded, cannot merely o...