Prashant Bhushan Files Review Petition Against Sentence Order in The Contempt Case [Read Petition]
Advocate Prashant Bhushan has filed another petition in the Supreme Court, this time seeking review of the sentencing order August 31, 2020, whereby the Top Court imposed a fine of Re. 'Paying Fine Does Not Mean I Accept SC Judgment; Filing Review Today': Prashant Bhushan Deposits One Rupee Fine In Contempt Case He has submitted that at no point did the Court put him to notice that the it was contemplating such a "drastic action" against him. 'Defence Of Fair Comment Ignored': Prashant Bhushan Files Review Against Contempt Verdict He further contended that imposing any punishment on a person which is not strictly in accordance with the types and quantum of punishments prescribed under Section 12 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, is violative of second part of Article 20. "It is respectfully submitted that in absence of any requirement for this Hon'ble Court, acting in exercise of its contempt jurisdiction, to impose punishment strictly in terms of Section-12 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, there is no certainty in the nature and quantum of sentence that may be imposed on a convict and the same depends entirely upon the discretion of the bench hearing the case," the petition states.
Prashant Bhushan Files Fresh Plea in SC Seeking Review of Punishment in Contempt Case
Payment of Fine Does Not Mean I Have Accepted SC Verdict: Bhushan on Contempt Case
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