More than 3,500 concerned citizens, representatives of women’s and feminist movements sent an open letter to the Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde, demanding that he resign and apologize for his comments in court, where he asked a man, accused of rape a minor, if he was willing to marry …
Read More »Kunal Kamra and the elasticity of justice
The question is: Question: What is contempt of court?Answer: a joke. That’s literally true in India today – three Supreme Court jokes, posted on Twitter by comedian Kunal Kamra, are likely to attract contempt of the court proceedings against him. That is, in fact, the wise advice of the Attorney …
Read More »Attorney General Allows Contempt Proceedings Against Comedian Kunal Kamra
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 …
Read More »Supreme Court Justice NV Ramana Says “Faith and Acceptability Must Be Earned, Not Commanded”
“The greatest strength of the judiciary is the people’s faith in it,” Judge Ramana said. (Proceedings) New Delhi: The highest ranking judge of the Supreme Court of Justice NV Ramana has said that the greatest strength of the judiciary is the faith of the people in it and judges must …
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