Final paragraph expunged for unnecessary, reputation-damaging remarks against appellate tribunal; courts must exercise sobriety and restraint

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....The HC granted the applicants' prayer to expunge and set aside the final paragraph of the impugned judgment dated 24.09.2024, finding the disparaging observations against members of the Appellate Tribunal unnecessary and prejudicial to reputation. Applying the principle that courts must exercise sobriety, restraint and dispassionate reasoning when addressing judicial officers, the HC held the contested remarks were unwarranted, likely to cause reputational harm, and not essential to adjudication. Consequently, the HC ordered that the last paragraph of the impugned order be struck down and expunged, leaving the remainder of the judgment intact.....