NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed the Center for the chronic delay in processing the names sent by the superior courts and forwarding them to the SC collegiate to recommend the appropriate ones for appointment as judges of the HCs, which are operating with 40% vacancies even as they …
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On Friday, the Supreme Court will issue its order on a handful of petitions seeking the initiation of contempt of court proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra for his tweets “mocking” the superior court and especially the Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde and Justice DY Chandrachud. A bench of …
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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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Written by Apurva Vishwanath | New Delhi | Updated: December 3, 2020 10:48:50 am Attorney General of India K Venugopal. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal, File) Indian Attorney General KK Venugopal on Tuesday consent granted initiate criminal proceedings for contempt of court against comic book illustrator Rachita Taneja for allegedly scandalizing …
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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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NEW DELHI: “Lately, there has been a disturbing trend of some people campaigning through social media and newspaper articles insisting on what Supreme Court ruling or the order must be in a particular case. And when the SC does not stick to their course, they resort to radical criticism of …
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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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The Attorney General consented to multiple requests for criminal action for contempt against him. Comedian Kunal Kamra refused to apologize or retract his tweets in the Supreme Court a day after Attorney General KK Venugopal agreed to multiple requests for criminal contempt action against him. Kamra reacted in a tweet …
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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 …
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