NEW DELHI: Four acquaintances lawyers – Dave dushyant, Prashant Bhushan, Colin Gonsalves and HS Phoolka – on Tuesday did a disappearing act before the Supreme Court less than 24 hours after promising to return with the response from farmers unions on his willingness to appear before the proposed committee on …
Read More »Farmers’ Unions Will Consult Top Lawyers, Including Prashant Bhushan, On SC Procedures
Agitated farmers’ unions on the Delhi borders said on Thursday they will consult lawyers on ongoing Supreme Court proceedings related to their protests against three farm laws before making any decisions. At a press conference on the Singhu border on Thursday evening, Farmer Leader and Rashtriya Coordinator Kisan Mahasangh KV …
Read More »The Attorney General refuses his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan
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 …
Read More »Attorney General Denies Consent to Bhushan Contempt Proceedings
Attorney General KK Venugopal refused to consent to criminal contempt proceedings against lawyer Prashant Bhushan for his tweets criticizing the Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde received a special helicopter from the government of Madhya Pradesh said the activist-lawyer later expressed regret. A lawyer, Sunil Singh, requested the consent …
Read More »AG Refuses Consent to Initiate Contempt Against Bhushan, Says Expressed Regret over Tweets About CJI
By: PTI | New Delhi | November 28, 2020 10:12:21 pm Attorney General KK Venugopal (Archive) Attorney General KK Venugopal has refused consent to the initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan for his tweets criticizing the Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde receiving a special helicopter from …
Read More »SC protects Arnab from arrest in Maha’s motion of privilege case | India News
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court initiated contempt proceedings against Maharashtra Assembly Vilas Athawale and said that the threat administered through the letter “was unprecedented and interfered with the administration of justice.” A bank from CJI SA Bobde and judges AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian seriously considered the following sentences in …
Read More »Transmitting private WhatsApp messages from defendants is dangerous: Government in Supreme Court | India News
NEW DELHI: Days after Chief Justice, SA Bobde, denounced the misuse of freedom of expression, Attorney General KK Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that there was an urgent need to strike a balance between freedom expression and contempt of court while the media searched “forbidden territory.” Addressing the …
Read More »Media that try to influence the judges, the result of the cases amounts to contempt, says the attorney general to SC
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 …
Read More »Attorney General KK Venugopal to the High Court
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 …
Read More »In YS Jagan v Justice Ramana, Modi’s government wins, regardless of the outcome
When The wire I used the word ‘war’ for its headline in the story about Andhra Pradesh Prime Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s unprecedented letter to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, initially wondering about its suitability. But after talking to my sources, I am now convinced that ‘war’ is …
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