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HC sentences YouTuber to 6 months in prison after remarks comparing courts to ‘dictatorship’

The Delhi High Court has sentenced YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja to six months in jail and a Rs 2,000 fine for criminal contempt of court, Bar and Bench reported. The court found certain remarks in his videos and during court hearings deeply disrespectful to the judiciary.

Three judicial officers had brought certain videos on Pahuja’s YouTube channel, ‘Fight 4 Judicial Reforms,’ to the court’s attention. According to the report, the videos showed Pahuja interviewing two advocates, Shiv Narayan Sharma and Deepak Singh, who allegedly made derogatory remarks about judges and courts during those interviews.

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