Comedian Kunal Kamra Faces Contempt Charges Over Supreme Court Tweets


Comedian Kunal Kamra Faces Contempt Charges Over Supreme Court Tweets

Kunal Kamra has posted several tweets to the Supreme Court and judges since Wednesday.

Highlight

  • Comedian criticized the high court for granting provisional bail to Arnab Goswami
  • Tweets crossed the line between humor and contempt: Attorney General
  • The tweets are a “grave innuendo” against the high court and its judges, he said.

New Delhi:

Comedian Kunal Kamra is facing contempt charges for a series of tweets criticizing the Supreme Court for granting television host Arnab Goswami an interim bond.

Attorney General KK Venugopal has consented to a law student and two lawyers who want to sue Kunal Kamra for criminal contempt.

“It is time for people to understand that attacking the Supreme Court in an unjustified and blatant manner will lead to punishment,” Venugopal said in his response.

Not only were the comedian’s tweets in bad taste, they clearly crossed the line between humor and contempt, the Attorney General said.

“The tweet is a rude insinuation against the entire Supreme Court of India and its judges,” Venugopal said.

“Today people boldly and unabashedly condemn the Supreme Court and its judges for what they believe is freedom of expression.”

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The permission of India’s chief justice officer comes less than 24 hours after law student Shirang Katneshwarkar and two lawyers wrote to him.

Kunal Kamra has posted several tweets to the Supreme Court and justices since yesterday.

Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami obtained provisional bail from the Supreme Court a week after his arrest for the suicide of an architect, Anvay Naik, and his mother, two years ago. A two-judge bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee detained the Maharashtra government for their arrest and said: “If we, as a constitutional court, do not establish the law and protect freedom, who will?”

Kunal Kamra was banned by several airlines in January this year after he cut off Armab Goswami on an IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Lucknow. Since then, he has had a constant dispute with the host.

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