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Supreme Court Justice UU Lalit recused himself on Monday from hearing separate writ petitions seeking action against the Andhra Pradesh government and Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy for bringing “false, vague and political accusations” against the court judge. Supreme Court, Justice NV Ramana and other justices of the court. The …

A look at the headlines right now: Five members of security personnel, six civilians killed in violations of the ceasefire by Pakistan: Congress, North Carolina, lamented the deaths and called the act “modern barbarism.” ‘No lawyers, no apologies, no fine, no loss of space,’ Kunal Kamra tweets to SC judges: …

A day after Attorney General KK Venugopal gave his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Kunal Kamra, the live comedian on Friday tweeted an open letter to the Supreme Court justices and the Center’s chief legal officer and stated that he did not intend to retract or apologize for his …

By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: November 12, 2020 9:07:12 pm According to the contempt of court Act 1971, contempt of court can be civil or criminal. Attorney General KK Venugopal on Thursday consented to the initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra for his tweets …

By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: November 12, 2020 10:30:16 pm Comedian Kumal Kamra Attorney General KK Venugopal gave his consent to start criminal contempt of court proceedings against stand-up comedy artist Kumal Kamra over tweets about the Supreme Court, apparently in connection with his order granting …

Commenting on pending cases in an attempt to sway the judges and their outcome amounting to contempt of court, Attorney General KK Venugopal filed before the Supreme Court on Tuesday. According to the senior law enforcement officer, the Supreme Court has already held that any attempt to affect a case …

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 …

New Delhi: Prashant Bhushan paid the Re 1 fine imposed by the Supreme Court on Monday as a result of his conviction and sentence in the suo motu contempt case. He reiterated to the media his opinion that the payment of the fine does not mean that he admits his …

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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