The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution to support the Supreme Court’s decision to hold lawyer...
The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution to support the Supreme Court’s decision to hold lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of criminal contempt in the suo motu case against him for his tweets posted in June, Live Law reported.
The resolution, signed by chairperson Subhash Ghatge, said the council represents the interests of 1.75 lakh lawyers in Maharashtra and Goa. It said lawyers practising in both the states stand by the August 14 verdict of the Supreme Court and condemn “efforts to pressurise” the judiciary.
Prominent personalities, including retired Supreme Court judges, senior lawyers, former bureaucrats, politicians and human rights organisation have criticised the top court’s order against Bhushan, calling it “alarming”, and a “blow to the rule of law”.
The resolution said it was “alarming” that lawyers made “scandalous and scurrilous” remarks against the judiciary when their “political ends” are not served. Bhushan’s first tweet commented about undeclared emergency and the role of Supreme Court and last four chief justices of India. Another tweet was about Chief Justice SA Bobde trying out a Harley Davidson superbike in his hometown Nagpur.
“The Supreme Court of India as well as the judges are subject to both scurrilous language, malicious attacks and scandalising remarks,” the resolution said. “Legitimate criticism of both judgments and the functioning...
