Prashant Bhushan informed that Anjali Bhardwaj, a member of Common Cause, and the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) have filed the petition and he is the lawyer on their behalf.
The noted activist and lawyer hoped that Yatra will positively change the atmosphere of hate and will draw attention to the real problems of unemployment, prices, cronyism, etc.
The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that the methodology of the electoral bonds scheme is a "completely transparent" mode of political funding and it is impossible to get black money or unaccounted money.
Contending before a bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, Advocate Prashant Bhushan said that that the detained Rohingyas may be deported to Myanmar which is currently under Army's control and also seeing violence.
The Supreme Court on August 31 imposed a token fine of Re 1 against Mr Bhushan as punishment in a contempt case against him.
'I have always believed the Supreme Court to be the last bastion of hope, particularly for their rights, often against a powerful executive,' he said.
However, Prashant Bhushan has said to the court that he will take a "collective decision" on whether to pay the fine or confront the other options.
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 bench said people will think whatever Bhushan is saying is correct, and if it were somebody else then it was easier to ignore.
Today, the Supreme Court took a 30-minute break from the hearing to allow Prashant Bhushan to think on withdrawing a 100-page statement he submitted on Monday, in which he refused to apologise for his tweets.
