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: 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 …
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During a recent phone conversation with lead attorney Ravi Varma Kumar, I asked him, “How is the Supreme Court doing?” We were speaking in the background of the court ruling of three Supreme Court justices that found Prashant Bhushan’s tweets to be in contempt of court. Ravi said: “The judiciary …
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