India, Sept. 4 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued a contempt notice to the Secretary and Senior Legal Advisor of the department of law and judiciary, Dilip Ghumare, for an allegedly "aggressive and high-pitched" outburst against the court administration during the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL).

Ghumare's "unwarranted outburst and aggressive demeanour deliberately displayed before an open court in full public view while attempting to justify his stand not only scandalised the court but undermined and attempted to lower its authority, constituting contempt under the Constitution of India and the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971", a division bench of justices AS Gadkari and Kamal Khata observed.

Ghumare refused to comme...