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J&K High Court closes contempt against Shardul Amarchand (2025): misquoting a judgment is not contempt without wilfulness

A single judge of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court took suo motu cognizance of criminal contempt against the law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas for allegedly misquoting an earlier judgment in a pre-litigation legal notice. A Division Bench closed the proceedings, holding that a bona fide — even erroneous — reading of a judgment is not contempt absent wilful distortion. A digest of the facts, the ratio, and what it means for advocates.