India, May 21 -- The Delhi high court has sentenced a YouTuber to six months' imprisonment in contempt cases over his videos that "personally attacked" certain judicial officers and "lowered" the judicial system's dignity.

The order was passed by a bench of justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja on May 16 and released on Monday.

Following references by two judicial officers, the court has initiated a suo motu contempt petition against the YouTuber and two advocates for making scandalous remarks about the judiciary, including unfounded allegations of bias against judicial officers, in videos featuring interviews with the two advocates.

While the concerned advocates tendered unconditional apologies, stating that they had neither conse...