Overview

• A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan rejected Sanjay Rathore’s challenge to his 18-month jail sentence for verbally assaulting a woman judicial officer.
• Rathore was convicted for using abusive and filthy language against a metropolitan magistrate during a traffic challan hearing in Delhi on October 30, 2015.
• On May 26, the Delhi High Court affirmed his conviction and converted consecutive two-year terms into a single 18-month concurrent sentence.
• The Supreme Court declined to grant further leniency, dismissing calls to reduce the term despite arguments about Rathore’s family responsibilities.
• Emphasizing the importance of protecting women judicial officers’ dignity, the bench directed Rathore to surrender within 14 days to serve the remainder of his sentence.