Updated: December 18, 2020 5:11:21 pm
Kunal Kamra had refused to retract his controversial tweets against the Supreme Court or to apologize for them.
On Friday, the Supreme Court issued notices to Kunal kamra and Rachita Taneja for reasons of contempt for the legal action against them for tweets against the court and judges. They do not have to appear in person in court.
On Thursday, a three-judge bench, consisting of Justices Ashok Bhushan, RS Reddy and MR Shah, I heard the presentations of attorney Nishant R Katneshwarkar, who appeared for one of the petitioners, and claimed that Kamra had posted several scandalous tweets for the judiciary, PTI reported. “All these tweets are scandalous and we had asked for the consent of the attorney general,” the PTI quoted Katneshwarkar in court.
He read the letter from Attorney General KK Venugopal, who had Consent granted for the initiation of criminal proceedings for contempt against Kamra. The court asked the lawyer not to read Kamra’s alleged derogatory tweets at the public hearing, saying they had already read Venugopal’s letter on the matter.
The same bank also took note of the fact that Attorney General KK Venugopal has consented to the statement presented by law student Aditya Kashyap against Rachita Taneja. In the proceedings via videoconference, lead attorney PS Narasimha told the court that the tweets do not discuss the merits of the case itself, but are intended to shock the court. We have the clear opinion of the Attorney General where he thinks that a prima facie contempt is made, said the lawyer.
the consent of the attorney general or attorney general It is required under section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act 1971 to initiate contempt proceedings against a person.
After the Attorney General granted consent to initiate criminal contempt against him last month, Kamra had said did not intend to retract his tweets or apologize for them. In a letter addressed to the judges and Attorney General KK Venugopal, which he posted on Twitter, Kamra said: “My point of view has not changed because the silence of the Supreme Court of India on matters of the personal freedom of others cannot remain without criticism. I do not intend to retract my tweets or apologize for them. I think they speak for themselves. “
He added: “I wish to volunteer having the time that would be allotted to the hearing of my contempt petition… to other matters and parties that have not had the luck and privilege that I have to skip the line. Let me suggest the demonetization petition, the petition challenging the revocation of J & K’s special status, the issue of the legality of the electoral bonds or a host of other issues that deserve more time and attention, “he said.
One of the petitions against Kamra was filed by the law student, Shrirang Katneshwarkar, who claimed that the comic book artist had started posting tweets on November 11, when the high court was hearing journalist Arnab Goswami’s appeal against the order of the Bombay High Court rejecting his guilty plea seeking provisional bond in a 2018 aiding and abetting suicide case.
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