India, Sept. 10 -- A judicial officer cannot raise his voice against judges or tell a court that it was responsible for its own failure to fill sanctioned posts, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, as it declined to stay criminal contempt proceedings against a senior Maharashtra judicial officer accused of adopting an aggressive, high-pitched tone "bordering to shouting" and blaming the Bombay high court administration during court proceedings.

A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, however, restrained the Bombay high court from taking a final decision in the contempt proceedings pending before it. The bench issued notice on the officer's plea and listed the matter for September 28, allowing the high court to continue with th...