Jharkhand High Court's full bench issued a criminal contempt notice to advocate Mahesh Tewari for a heated exchange with Justice Rajesh Kumar. The advocate's statement, "The country is burning with the judiciary," aired live and went viral. Tewari must respond within three weeks, with the next hearing on November 11.
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