Attorney General KK Venugopal on Sunday refused to give consent for the initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against advocate Prash...
Attorney General KK Venugopal on Sunday refused to give consent for the initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against advocate Prashant Bhushan for a tweet against Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, reported Live Law.
In a tweet on October 21, Bhushan wrote: “The CJI avails a special chopper provided by the MP Govt (authorised by the CM) for a visit to Kanha National Park and then to his home town in Nagpur, while an important case of disqualification of defecting MLAs of MP is pending before him. Survival of MP govt depends on this case.”
Venugopal said that Bhushan had “expressed regret” for his remarks. Advocate Sunil Singh’s request seeking contempt proceedings against Bhushan said that the “personal life of CJI SA Bobde” was connected with a pending case.
“In common law jurisdictions, perhaps the most significant role of contempt of court law is the application of the sub judice rule: no one should interfere with legal proceedings which are pending,” Singh’s letter read, according to Bar and Bench. It also noted that Bhushan’s tweet was published in many newspapers and that it “scandalises the Supreme Court, prejudices and interferes with the due course of judicial proceedings and administrations of justice”.
The CJI avails a special chopper provided...
