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Nation / Wed, 09 Sep 2026 Bar and Bench

Punjab & Haryana HC holds 81-year-old guilty of contempt of court for maligning judges

The case stems from a 1976 petrol pump partnership dispute in Hansi, District Hisar, where Aggarwal alleged that he was forcibly ousted through a forged 1988 dissolution deed involving a former MLA and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) officials. In August 2019, aggrieved by interim High Court orders exempting the personal appearance of the accused and staying trial proceedings, Aggarwal moved an application before the sub-divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM), demanding arrest warrants. Annexed to his plea were self-styled "show cause notices" addressed to multiple High Court judges and subordinate judicial officers accusing them of corruption, bribery and criminal conspiracy with the accused. The SDJM forwarded the matter to the High Court, which initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against Aggarwal.

The case stems from a 1976 petrol pump partnership dispute in Hansi, District Hisar, where Aggarwal alleged that he was forcibly ousted through a forged 1988 dissolution deed involving a former MLA and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) officials.

In August 2019, aggrieved by interim High Court orders exempting the personal appearance of the accused and staying trial proceedings, Aggarwal moved an application before the sub-divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM), demanding arrest warrants.

Annexed to his plea were self-styled "show cause notices" addressed to multiple High Court judges and subordinate judicial officers accusing them of corruption, bribery and criminal conspiracy with the accused.

The SDJM forwarded the matter to the High Court, which initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against Aggarwal.

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