Kunal Kamra faces contempt for his tweets
New Delhi:
Attorney General KK Venugopal today gave his consent to a contempt process against comedian Kunal Kamra in his November 18 tweet, saying it was “extremely vulgar and obnoxious” and tended to undermine the authority of the Supreme Court.
Last week, the top law enforcement official allowed contempt proceedings against Kamra for his previous tweets criticizing the Supreme Court, saying they were in “bad taste” and that it was time for people to understand that blatantly attacking the court. superior will be punished.
The consent of the Attorney General or Attorney General is required, pursuant to Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act of 1971, for contempt proceedings against a person.
Mr. Venugopal gave new consent to a request from Prayagraj’s defender, Anuj Singh.
“I have reviewed your request for consent under Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act 1971 against Kunal Kamra with respect to the tweet of November 18, 2020 (at 21:46),” said the Attorney General at your letter to Mr. Singh. .
“The aforementioned tweet is extremely vulgar and disgusting, and I have no doubt that it would tend to undermine the authority of the Supreme Court of India, as well as undermine the trust that the litigating public has in the institution of the Supreme Court of India. “said the senior law enforcement officer.
“In light of the foregoing, I accordingly grant my consent under section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act of 1975,” said Mr. Venugopal.
Armed with the consent previously granted by the Attorney General, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court on November 13 seeking criminal contempt proceedings against Kamra for his alleged “scandalous tweets” against the Supreme Court.
The petition says Kamra started tweeting on November 11 as the Supreme Court was hearing Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami’s appeal against the Bombay High Court order rejecting his request for provisional bail in an incitement to the suicide case filed. in 2018.
The petition said that after the Supreme Court granted provisional bail to Mr. Goswami on November 11, Kamra “re-posted several tweets and thus scandalized” the Supreme Court and “further reduced” its authority.
In giving consent earlier, Venugopal had said that people believe they can “boldly and shamelessly condemn” the Supreme Court and its judges by exercising their freedom of expression, but according to the Constitution, freedom of expression is subject to contempt law. .
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