Delhi HC directs Vivek Agnihotri to appear in person in contempt case
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed film director Vivek Agnihotri to appear in person on April 10 in a…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed film director Vivek Agnihotri to appear in person on April 10 in a…
A bench comprising justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh held the chairperson of an NGO guilty of contempt for not depositing Rs 25 lakh for "scandalizing and browbeating" the apex court.
Comedian Kunal Kamra in a statement addressed to the judges of the apex court and the A-G said, “I don’t intent to retract my tweets or apologise for them. I believe they speak for themselves,”
The Supreme Court on August 31 imposed a token fine of Re 1 against Mr Bhushan as punishment in a contempt case against him.
On August 25, a bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari had reserved its order on the quantum sentence, after Bhushan declined to apologize for the tweets.
The group criticized the statement issued by 'Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms', (CJAR) on August 15, condemning the judgment and further calling upon the Supreme Court, and every judge, to reconsider their decision.
Advocate Bhushan has said that he was 'exercising his freedom of speech' and giving his opinion about the functioning of the court, and it does not amount to 'obstruction of justice', necessitating the contempt proceedings.
Earlier in June, the apex court had directed its registry to explain why the petition had not been listed before the concerned court for the last three years.
The apex court and the Central Information Commission had earlier held that the RBI cannot refuse to put the inspection reports in the public domain under the transparency law.
Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Congress president has committed contempt of court with his claim during a public rally that the apex court said 'Chowkidaar chor hai’.
