Contempt of Court – Others

In the saddest way, the Supreme Court, by upholding a contempt charge against Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan for a tweet critiquing the judiciary, actually ended up confirming the substance of the tweet! A three-judge bench, comprising Justice Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari, held that Bhushan was guilty of contempt. Twitter India, the […] Read More

Ten activists including Aruna Roy, Arundhati Roy, Bezwada Wilson and Indu Prakash Singh, came out strongly in support of Prashant Bhushan after the Supreme Court on February 6 issued notice to the senior advocate. Notice was issued in the petitions filed by the Attorney General and Central Government seeking to initiate criminal contempt against Bhushan. […] Read More