The Bombay High Court on Tuesday initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against advocate Nilesh Ojha for making “scandalous and defamatory” remarks against a sitting judge during a press conference related to the Disha Salian death case.

Ojha, who represents Satish Salian—the father of the late Disha Salian—had addressed the media on April 1. Satish Salian has filed a petition in the High Court seeking an investigation into his daughter’s death.