NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday he said that he will issue his order on Friday on a batch of petitions seeking the initiation of criminal proceedings for contempt of stand-up comic book artist Kunal Kamra for his alleged scandalous tweets against the Supreme Court. The pleas came to …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 1, 2020 9:44:04 pm Prior to this, AG Venugopal had granted permission to initiate contempt proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra. Archive) The Attorney General of India, KK Venugopal, has given his consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the …
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New Delhi: Attorney General KK Venugopal avoided another controversy over attempts to restrict freedom of expression when he refused to consent to the initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan for his tweets criticizing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India (CJI) SA Bobde received a special …
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Venugopal says the tweet tends to reduce the authority of the Supreme Court and undermine public trust in it On Friday, Attorney General KK Venugopal gave his consent to initiate a new contempt action against comedian Kunal Kamra for his “extremely vulgar and disgusting” tweet with a two-finger photograph intended …
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NEW DELHI: Attorney General KK Venugopal granted consent for the start of criminal proceedings for contempt against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for his tweets in which he was virulently critical of the Supreme Court after it released journalist Arnab Goswami on bail in an incitement to the suicide case. Referring …
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United States Attorney General William Barr granted blanket clearance to federal prosecutors on Monday to open investigations into voting irregularities, as President Donald Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims that he lost the presidential election due to fraud. Barr, a longtime close supporter of Trump, stressed that his letter to US prosecutors …
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The headlines of the main news of the day and more. Mr. Goswami was transferred to Taloja Prison along with Feroz Shaikh and Nitesh Sarda after their quarantine period in Alibaug ended. Raigad’s local crime branch inspector Jamil Shaikh said that Mr. Goswami was found to be using a mobile …
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The Supreme Court heard a statement against a woman’s superior court bail condition linking Rakhi to an abuser New Delhi: The Supreme Court today requested the assistance of the Attorney General in a motion to suspend the order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court granting bail to a defendant in …
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The Supreme Court has requested the help of Attorney General KK Venugopal to investigate the comments against the judges. New Delhi: Discussions on television and in the print media about pending matters before the court influence the thinking of the judges and cause great damage to the judicial institution, Attorney …
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NEW DELHI: activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan, convicted and awarded a rupee fine for his derogatory tweets against the judiciary, on Saturday the Supreme Court requested that the right of appeal against convictions in original criminal contempt cases be heard by a larger and different court. On August 31, Bhushan was …
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