India, Sept. 30 -- The Delhi High Court has initiated criminal contempt of court proceedings against a lawyer for making "reckless allegations of corruption in judiciary", saying it amounted to scandalising and lowering the court's authority.

In the order delivered on September 19 that was released later, the single bench of justice Amit Sharma said it was "tantamount to traditional scandalising and lowering the authority of Court. It further tends to interfere with judicial proceedings and administration of justice".

"After perusing the material placed on record in the present petition, this Court, prima facie, is of the opinion that the respondent has, thus, committed 'criminal contempt' as defined in Section 2(c) of the Contempt of C...