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The country’s Supreme Court fined Indian lawyer Prashant Bhushan one rupee for contempt of court. The money must be sent to the Clerk of the Supreme Court before September 15 of this year.
If you do not deposit a rupee within the stipulated time, the lawyer will have to spend three months in jail and will be barred from practicing law for three years.
By the way, on June 26, Prashant Bhushan tweeted against the Supreme Court of India. In that tweet, he writes, historians will highlight the role of the Supreme Court and more specifically the role of India’s last four chief justices in looking at how India’s democracy has been destroyed in the last six years, despite the absence of an official state of emergency.
Two days later, the famous lawyer and social worker tweeted about the Chief Justice of India. He said that the Chief Justice of India had ridden a BJP leader’s motorcycle worth 5 million rupees at the Raj Bhavan in Nagpur without a mask or helmet. At a time when he is depriving citizens of their basic right to justice by keeping the Supreme Court in lockdown mode.
Two weeks have passed since this incident. Later, a lawyer named Mehek Maheshwari appealed to the Supreme Court to initiate contempt of court proceedings based on Bhushan’s tweet.
However, Maheshwari did not seek the consent of Attorney General KK Venugopal under the rules before filing the petition. On July 22, the Supreme Court of India sent a notice to lawyer Bhushan, presenting a reasoned case on the basis of Maheshwari’s request.
The case was heard in the Supreme Court on August 5 and Prashant Bhushan was found guilty of contempt of court on August 14.
However, a hearing was rescheduled for August 20 to decide what punishment would be imposed. During the hearing that day, Bhushan said that he stood firm in his position.
After reading a written statement, Bhushan claimed that the decision had been made without any proof. That day, the court gave him two days to apologize without thinking about his sentence.
Even then, Bhushan remained firm in his position. He made it clear to the Supreme Court that he tweeted with good intentions. It was not his intention to discredit the court or the Chief Justice. It was just constructively critical. That day he did not apologize.
On the other hand, the Attorney General appealed to the Supreme Court not to punish Prashant Bhushan. He demanded that the eminent lawyer be released with caution. However, the bank said that Bhushan had refused to apologize and stood firm in his position. He was later sentenced.
Source: Hindustan Times
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