Supreme Court allows Prashant Bhushan, Arun Shourie and N Ram to withdraw contempt plea
The petition sought directions to declare unconstitutional a contempt law provision, which makes scandalising courts an offence.
The petition sought directions to declare unconstitutional a contempt law provision, which makes scandalising courts an offence.
By refusing to give the complainant a copy of the report of the in-house Inquiry Committee, the top court has acted like the CBI, Shourie said.
Attorney General KK Venugopal made submissions on the basis of Section 123 of Indian Evidence Act to submit that the document in question could not be used in court without the permission of the officer concerned.
Last week, Shourie and Bhushan had met the CBI Director, submitted documents and demanded a probe into alleged corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal and offset contract.
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